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false move
collapse
related words >
balk
,
bevue
,
false step
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
omission
,
oversight
,
slip
,
slipup
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
false step
collapse
related words >
balk
,
bevue
,
false move
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
omission
,
oversight
,
slip
,
slipup
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
slip of the tongue
collapse
an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking
related words >
balk
,
bevue
,
false move
,
false step
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
omission
,
oversight
,
slip
,
slipup
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
misstep
collapse
related words >
balk
,
bevue
,
bloomer
,
blooper
,
blunder
,
error
,
false move
,
false step
,
faux pas
,
gaffe
,
goof
,
howler
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
indiscretion
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
miscue
,
mistake
,
omission
,
oversight
,
slip
,
slipup
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
slipup
collapse
related words >
balk
,
bevue
,
blooper
,
blunder
,
boner
,
bungle
,
error
,
false move
,
false step
,
fluff
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
miscue
,
miss
,
misstep
,
mistake
,
near-miss
,
omission
,
oversight
,
slip
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
inobservance
collapse
related words >
absentmindedness
,
carelessness
,
default
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
disconformity
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
failure
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
frivolousness
,
giddiness
,
heedlessness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
laxity
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
neglect
,
negligence
,
nonadherence
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
obliviousness
,
omission
,
oversight
,
regardlessness
,
shallowness
,
slight
,
superficiality
,
thoughtlessness
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
bevue
collapse
related words >
bad job
,
balk
,
blunder
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
botch
,
bungle
,
clumsy performance
,
error
,
etourderie
,
false move
,
false step
,
flub
,
fluff
,
foozle
,
fumble
,
gaucherie
,
hash
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
mess
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
mistake
,
muff
,
off day
,
omission
,
oversight
,
sad work
,
slip
,
slipup
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
incuriosity
collapse
related words >
absentmindedness
,
accidia
,
acedia
,
apathy
,
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
carelessness
,
casualness
,
detachment
,
disinterest
,
dispassion
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
easygoingness
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
frivolousness
,
giddiness
,
heedlessness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
indifference
,
indiscrimination
,
inexcitability
,
inobservance
,
insouciance
,
lack of affect
,
lackadaisicalness
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
listlessness
,
mindlessness
,
negligence
,
nonchalance
,
nonobservance
,
obliviousness
,
pococurantism
,
recklessness
,
regardlessness
,
shallowness
,
sloth
,
superficiality
,
thoughtlessness
,
unalertness
,
unanxiousness
,
unawareness
,
unconcern
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unsolicitousness
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
nonperformance
collapse
related words >
Sisyphean labor
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
disconformity
,
disregard
,
endless task
,
failure
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inexecution
,
inobservance
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
loose ends
,
looseness
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonaccomplishment
,
nonachievement
,
nonadherence
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonconsummation
,
nondischarging
,
nonexecution
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonrestriction
,
omission
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
permissiveness
,
poor stewardship
,
procrastination
,
remissness
,
rough edges
,
slackness
,
slight
,
unfulfillment
,
unobservance
,
unrigorousness
,
work of Penelope
noninterference
collapse
related words >
autarky
,
bimetallism
,
capitalism
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
dereliction
,
disregard
,
economic self-sufficiency
,
failure
,
free competition
,
free enterprise
,
free trade
,
governmentalism
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
isolationism
,
laches
,
laissez-aller
,
laissez-faire
,
laissez-faireism
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
let-alone policy
,
let-alone principle
,
liberalism
,
line
,
localism
,
looseness
,
managed currency
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonfeasance
,
nonintervention
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
nullification
,
omission
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
party line
,
party principle
,
permissiveness
,
planned economy
,
policy
,
polity
,
poor stewardship
,
position
,
price supports
,
procrastination
,
protection
,
protectionism
,
public policy
,
pump-priming
,
remissness
,
sectionalism
,
self-regulating market
,
slackness
,
slight
,
unrigorousness
miscue
collapse
a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
related words >
bad job
,
balk
,
be all thumbs
,
bevue
,
blooper
,
blunder
,
blunder away
,
blunder into
,
blunder on
,
blunder upon
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
botch
,
bumble
,
bungle
,
butcher
,
clumsy performance
,
commit a gaffe
,
error
,
etourderie
,
false move
,
false step
,
faux pas
,
flounder
,
flub
,
fluff
,
foozle
,
fumble
,
gaucherie
,
hash
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
lumber
,
make a miscue
,
make a mistake
,
mar
,
mess
,
misapprehend
,
misconceive
,
misidentify
,
misinterpret
,
misstep
,
mistake
,
misunderstand
,
muddle
,
muff
,
murder
,
off day
,
omission
,
oversight
,
play havoc with
,
sad work
,
slip
,
slipup
,
spoil
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
inadvertence
collapse
related words >
absentmindedness
,
balk
,
bevue
,
carelessness
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
dereliction
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
failure
,
false move
,
false step
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
frivolousness
,
giddiness
,
heedlessness
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inobservance
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
loose thread
,
looseness
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonfeasance
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
obliviousness
,
omission
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
permissiveness
,
poor stewardship
,
procrastination
,
regardlessness
,
remissness
,
shallowness
,
slackness
,
slight
,
slip
,
slipup
,
stumble
,
superficiality
,
thoughtlessness
,
trip
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unrigorousness
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
wrong step
absentmindedness
collapse
preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored
related words >
Lethe
,
Walter Mitty
,
absence of mind
,
absorption
,
abstractedness
,
abstraction
,
bemusement
,
brown study
,
carelessness
,
castle-building
,
daydream
,
daydreamer
,
daydreaming
,
decay of memory
,
depth of thought
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
dream
,
dreaming
,
engrossment
,
fantasy
,
fantasying
,
fit of abstraction
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
forgetfulness
,
forgetting
,
forgiveness
,
frivolousness
,
giddiness
,
hazy recollection
,
heedlessness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inobservance
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
mooning
,
moonraking
,
muse
,
musefulness
,
musing
,
muted ecstasy
,
negligence
,
nepenthe
,
nirvana
,
nonobservance
,
obliteration
,
oblivion
,
obliviousness
,
pipe dream
,
pipe-dreaming
,
preoccupation
,
regardlessness
,
reverie
,
shallowness
,
short memory
,
stargazing
,
study
,
superficiality
,
thoughtlessness
,
trance
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
waters of oblivion
,
woolgathering
permissiveness
collapse
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
related words >
abandon
,
abandonment
,
carelessness
,
charitableness
,
charity
,
coddling
,
condonation
,
connivance
,
cosseting
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
dereliction
,
disregard
,
easiness
,
easygoingness
,
failure
,
favoring
,
forbearance
,
generousness
,
gratification
,
humoring
,
immoderacy
,
impotence
,
imprecision
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
incontinence
,
indifference
,
indiscipline
,
indulgence
,
intemperance
,
irrepressibility
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
lenience
,
leniency
,
lenity
,
licentiousness
,
long-suffering
,
looseness
,
loosening
,
magnanimity
,
mollycoddling
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
noncoercion
,
nonfeasance
,
noninterference
,
nonintimidation
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
obliging
,
omission
,
overindulgence
,
overlooking
,
overpermissiveness
,
oversight
,
pampering
,
patience
,
pleasing
,
poor stewardship
,
procrastination
,
relaxation
,
relaxedness
,
remissness
,
riotousness
,
slackness
,
slight
,
sloppiness
,
softness
,
spoiling
,
sufferance
,
tolerance
,
toleration
,
unconstraint
,
uncontrol
,
uninhibitedness
,
unreserve
,
unrestraint
,
unrigorousness
,
unruliness
,
unstrictness
,
wantonness
,
weakness
,
wildness
,
winking
nonobservance
collapse
a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
related words >
Laodiceanism
,
abnegation
,
absentmindedness
,
carelessness
,
contradiction
,
contrariety
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
declining
,
denial
,
deprivation
,
deviation
,
disaccord
,
disaccordance
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
disconformity
,
disobedience
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
dissent
,
distraction
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
frivolousness
,
giddiness
,
heedlessness
,
holding back
,
inaccordance
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
incongruity
,
inconsideration
,
inconsistency
,
incuriosity
,
indevotion
,
indevoutness
,
indifference
,
indifferentism
,
inobservance
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
lukewarm piety
,
nay
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
negligence
,
nix
,
no
,
nonacceptance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconcurrence
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformism
,
nonconformity
,
nonconsent
,
nonreligiousness
,
obliviousness
,
originality
,
protest
,
recalcitrance
,
recantation
,
recusance
,
recusancy
,
refractoriness
,
refusal
,
regardlessness
,
rejection
,
repudiation
,
retention
,
shallowness
,
superficiality
,
thoughtlessness
,
thumbs-down
,
turndown
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconformity
,
unconsciousness
,
undevoutness
,
undutifulness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unreligiousness
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
unwillingness
,
withholding
laxness
collapse
the quality of being lax and neglectful
the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"
related words >
Fabian policy
,
Micawberism
,
abandon
,
abandonment
,
acceptance
,
backwardness
,
bagginess
,
clemency
,
clementness
,
compassion
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
dereliction
,
dilatoriness
,
disregard
,
easiness
,
easygoingness
,
failure
,
flabbiness
,
flaccidity
,
flaccidness
,
floppiness
,
forbearance
,
forbearing
,
gentleness
,
hesitation
,
hold-off
,
humaneness
,
humanity
,
immoderacy
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
incontinence
,
indiscipline
,
intemperance
,
irrepressibility
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxation
,
laxity
,
lenience
,
leniency
,
lenientness
,
lenity
,
licentiousness
,
limpness
,
looseness
,
mercifulness
,
mercy
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
mugwump
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
noncoercion
,
nonfeasance
,
noninterference
,
nonintimidation
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
omission
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
patience
,
permissiveness
,
pity
,
poor stewardship
,
procrastination
,
relaxation
,
remissness
,
ricketiness
,
riotousness
,
rubberiness
,
shakiness
,
slackness
,
slight
,
sloppiness
,
slowness
,
softness
,
stall
,
temporization
,
tenderness
,
tolerance
,
unconstraint
,
uncontrol
,
uninhibitedness
,
unreserve
,
unrestraint
,
unrigorousness
,
unruliness
,
unstrictness
,
wantonness
,
wildness
shallowness
collapse
the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive"
related words >
a little learning
,
absentmindedness
,
amateurism
,
appearance
,
big deal
,
carelessness
,
dilettantism
,
dilettantship
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
emptiness
,
exteriority
,
externality
,
externalness
,
extrinsicality
,
flightiness
,
flimsiness
,
flippancy
,
fluffiness
,
foolishness
,
foreignness
,
frivolity
,
frivolousness
,
frothiness
,
futility
,
giddiness
,
glimmering
,
glimpse
,
half-learning
,
heedlessness
,
idleness
,
imperfect knowledge
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inanity
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inobservance
,
lack of depth
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
lightness
,
manner
,
mien
,
negligence
,
nonobservance
,
nugacity
,
obliviousness
,
openness
,
outerness
,
outward appearance
,
outwardness
,
regardlessness
,
sciolism
,
seeming
,
semi-learning
,
shallow-wittedness
,
silliness
,
slenderness
,
slight knowledge
,
slightness
,
smattering
,
smattering of ignorance
,
smattering of knowledge
,
superficiality
,
surface-scratching
,
thinness
,
thoughtlessness
,
triflingness
,
triteness
,
triviality
,
trivialness
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unprofoundness
,
unprofundity
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
vacuity
,
vague notion
,
vanity
,
vapidity
,
volatility
flippancy
collapse
inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy"
related words >
absentmindedness
,
banter
,
booing
,
brashness
,
brassiness
,
brazenfacedness
,
brazenness
,
carelessness
,
catcalling
,
chaffing
,
cheek
,
cheekiness
,
cockiness
,
contempt
,
derision
,
discourtesy
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
disrespect
,
disrespectfulness
,
distraction
,
face of brass
,
facetiousness
,
fleering
,
flightiness
,
fooling
,
freshness
,
frivolity
,
frivolousness
,
giddiness
,
grinning
,
heedlessness
,
hissing
,
hooting
,
impertinence
,
impishness
,
impudence
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inobservance
,
insolence
,
irreverence
,
jeering
,
jocularity
,
joshing
,
leering
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
lip
,
merriment
,
mischievousness
,
mockery
,
mouth
,
negligence
,
nonobservance
,
obliviousness
,
offhandedness
,
panning
,
pertness
,
playfulness
,
prankishness
,
pranksomeness
,
ragging
,
raillery
,
rallying
,
razzing
,
regardlessness
,
ridicule
,
roasting
,
roguishness
,
rudeness
,
sauciness
,
scoffing
,
shallowness
,
side
,
smart-aleckiness
,
smartness
,
smirking
,
sneering
,
snickering
,
sniggering
,
snorting
,
sportiveness
,
superficiality
,
taunting
,
thoughtlessness
,
trickery
,
trickiness
,
twitting
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
volatility
,
waggery
,
waggishness
inattention
collapse
lack of attention
related words >
accidia
,
acedia
,
apathy
,
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
callowness
,
carelessness
,
casualness
,
childishness
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
detachment
,
disconformity
,
disinterest
,
dispassion
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distractedness
,
distraction
,
diversion
,
divided attention
,
easygoingness
,
failure
,
heedlessness
,
immaturity
,
imprudence
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inadvisability
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indiscreetness
,
indiscretion
,
indiscrimination
,
inexcitability
,
inexpedience
,
injudiciousness
,
inobservance
,
insouciance
,
irrationality
,
laches
,
lack of affect
,
lackadaisicalness
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
listlessness
,
looseness
,
mindlessness
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonadherence
,
nonchalance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
omission
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
permissiveness
,
pococurantism
,
pompousness
,
poor stewardship
,
procrastination
,
puerility
,
reasonlessness
,
recklessness
,
regardlessness
,
remissness
,
senselessness
,
slackness
,
slight
,
sloth
,
stuffiness
,
thoughtlessness
,
unanxiousness
,
unconcern
,
unintelligence
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unreason
,
unreasonableness
,
unrigorousness
,
unsensibleness
,
unsolicitousness
,
unsoundness
,
unthoughtfulness
,
unwisdom
,
unwiseness
,
withdrawal of attention
,
witlessness
distraction
collapse
the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
an obstacle to attention
related words >
aberration
,
abnormality
,
absentmindedness
,
agitation
,
alienation
,
amusement
,
befuddlement
,
bewilderment
,
brain damage
,
brainsickness
,
carelessness
,
clouded mind
,
confusion
,
craziness
,
daftness
,
dementedness
,
dementia
,
derangement
,
disorder
,
disorientation
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
dissipation
,
disturbance
,
diversion
,
divertissement
,
entertainment
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
folie
,
frivolousness
,
furor
,
giddiness
,
heedlessness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inobservance
,
insaneness
,
insanity
,
irrationality
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
loss of mind
,
loss of reason
,
lunacy
,
madness
,
mania
,
mental deficiency
,
mental derangement
,
mental disease
,
mental disorder
,
mental disturbance
,
mental illness
,
mental instability
,
mental sickness
,
mind overthrown
,
mindsickness
,
negligence
,
nonobservance
,
obliviousness
,
oddness
,
pixilation
,
possession
,
psychopathy
,
queerness
,
rabidness
,
reasonlessness
,
recreation
,
regardlessness
,
senselessness
,
shallowness
,
shattered mind
,
sick mind
,
sickness
,
strangeness
,
superficiality
,
thoughtlessness
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unbalance
,
unbalanced mind
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unsaneness
,
unsound mind
,
unsoundness
,
unsoundness of mind
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
upset
,
witlessness
procrastination
collapse
the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
related words >
Fabian policy
,
Micawberism
,
a wise passiveness
,
backwardness
,
contemplation
,
contemplative life
,
continuation
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
dalliance
,
dallying
,
dawdling
,
default
,
dereliction
,
dilatoriness
,
dillydallying
,
disregard
,
do-nothing policy
,
do-nothingism
,
do-nothingness
,
dormancy
,
extension
,
failure
,
hesitation
,
hold-off
,
idleness
,
immobility
,
inaction
,
inactivity
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
indolence
,
inertia
,
inertness
,
laches
,
lag
,
lagging
,
laissez-aller
,
laissez-faire
,
laissez-faireism
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
lengthening
,
lingering
,
loitering
,
lollygagging
,
looseness
,
meditation
,
mugwump
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
neutralism
,
neutrality
,
neutralness
,
nonfeasance
,
noninterference
,
noninvolvement
,
nonparticipation
,
nonperformance
,
nonresistance
,
nonrestriction
,
nonviolence
,
nonviolent resistance
,
omission
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
pacifism
,
paralysis
,
passive resistance
,
passive self-annihilation
,
passiveness
,
passivism
,
passivity
,
permissiveness
,
policy
,
poor stewardship
,
prolongation
,
protraction
,
quiescence
,
quietism
,
remissness
,
shilly-shallying
,
slackness
,
slight
,
slowness
,
stagnancy
,
stagnation
,
stall
,
standpattism
,
stasis
,
tarrying
,
temporization
,
unrigorousness
,
vegetation
,
vita contemplativa
,
waiting game
,
watching and waiting
laxity
collapse
related words >
allowance
,
amorphousness
,
approximation
,
bagginess
,
blobbiness
,
blurriness
,
broadness
,
carelessness
,
chambering
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
deviation
,
disconformity
,
disorder
,
disregard
,
easiness
,
easy virtue
,
easygoingness
,
failure
,
flabbiness
,
flaccidity
,
flaccidness
,
floppiness
,
fogginess
,
fuzziness
,
generality
,
haziness
,
ill-definedness
,
impotence
,
imprecision
,
inaccuracy
,
inaccurateness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inchoateness
,
incoherence
,
incorrectness
,
indecisiveness
,
indefinableness
,
indefiniteness
,
indeterminateness
,
indifference
,
indistinctness
,
inexactitude
,
inexactness
,
inobservance
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxation
,
laxness
,
leniency
,
lightness
,
limpness
,
loose morals
,
looseness
,
loosening
,
mistiness
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonadherence
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
obscuration
,
obscurity
,
omission
,
overindulgence
,
overlooking
,
overpermissiveness
,
oversight
,
permissiveness
,
poor stewardship
,
predictable error
,
probable error
,
procrastination
,
promiscuity
,
relaxation
,
relaxedness
,
remissness
,
ricketiness
,
rubberiness
,
shakiness
,
shapelessness
,
slackness
,
sleeping around
,
slight
,
sloppiness
,
softness
,
standard deviation
,
sweepingness
,
swinging
,
tolerance
,
unclearness
,
uncorrectness
,
unfactualness
,
unobservance
,
unpreciseness
,
unrestraint
,
unrigorousness
,
vagueness
,
wantonness
,
waywardness
,
weakness
,
whorishness
nonfeasance
collapse
a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
related words >
Sisyphean labor
,
atrocity
,
bad policy
,
breach
,
crime
,
crime against humanity
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
deadly sin
,
default
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
disconformity
,
disregard
,
endless task
,
enormity
,
error
,
evil
,
failure
,
fault
,
felony
,
genocide
,
guilty act
,
heavy sin
,
impolicy
,
impropriety
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
indiscretion
,
inexecution
,
inexpedience
,
inexpediency
,
inexpiable sin
,
iniquity
,
injury
,
injustice
,
inobservance
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
loose ends
,
looseness
,
maladministration
,
malefaction
,
malfeasance
,
malpractice
,
malum
,
minor wrong
,
misadministration
,
misconduct
,
misdeed
,
misdemeanor
,
misdirection
,
misfeasance
,
misgovernment
,
misguidance
,
mishandling
,
mismanagement
,
misrule
,
mortal sin
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonaccomplishment
,
nonachievement
,
nonadherence
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonconsummation
,
nondischarging
,
nonexecution
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
offense
,
omission
,
outrage
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
peccadillo
,
peccancy
,
permissiveness
,
poor stewardship
,
procrastination
,
remissness
,
rough edges
,
sin
,
sin of commission
,
sin of omission
,
sinful act
,
slackness
,
slight
,
slip
,
tort
,
transgression
,
trespass
,
trip
,
unfulfillment
,
unobservance
,
unrigorousness
,
unutterable sin
,
venial sin
,
work of Penelope
,
wrong
,
wrongdoing
dereliction
collapse
willful negligence
related words >
Punic faith
,
abuse
,
apostasy
,
atrocity
,
bad faith
,
barratry
,
betrayal
,
bolt
,
breach
,
breach of faith
,
breach of promise
,
breach of trust
,
breakaway
,
crime
,
crime against humanity
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
deadly sin
,
default
,
defection
,
delinquency
,
deserter
,
desertion
,
disaffection
,
disconformity
,
disloyalty
,
disregard
,
enormity
,
error
,
evil
,
failure
,
faithlessness
,
falseness
,
falsity
,
fault
,
felony
,
fickleness
,
genocide
,
guilty act
,
heavy sin
,
impropriety
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inconstancy
,
indiscretion
,
inexpiable sin
,
infidelity
,
iniquity
,
injury
,
injustice
,
inobservance
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
looseness
,
mala fides
,
malefaction
,
malfeasance
,
malum
,
minor wrong
,
misdeed
,
misdemeanor
,
misfeasance
,
misuse
,
mortal sin
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonadherence
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
offense
,
omission
,
outrage
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
peccadillo
,
peccancy
,
permissiveness
,
poor stewardship
,
procrastination
,
ratting
,
recreancy
,
remissness
,
schism
,
secession
,
sin
,
sin of commission
,
sin of omission
,
sinful act
,
slackness
,
slight
,
slip
,
tort
,
transgression
,
trespass
,
trip
,
trothlessness
,
unfaith
,
unfaithfulness
,
unloyalty
,
unobservance
,
unrigorousness
,
unsteadfastness
,
untrueness
,
unutterable sin
,
venial sin
,
walkout
,
wrong
oversight
collapse
a mistake resulting from inattention
an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
related words >
accountability
,
administration
,
aegis
,
auspices
,
balk
,
bevue
,
blank
,
blunder
,
bossing
,
care
,
carelessness
,
charge
,
chasm
,
check
,
civil government
,
conduct
,
control
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
cure
,
custodianship
,
custody
,
default
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
direction
,
discipline
,
disconformity
,
dispensation
,
disposition
,
disregard
,
empery
,
empire
,
error
,
eye
,
failure
,
false move
,
false step
,
fault
,
form of government
,
governance
,
government
,
guard
,
guardianship
,
guidance
,
handling
,
hands
,
heedlessness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inobservance
,
intendance
,
jurisdiction
,
keeping
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
loose thread
,
looseness
,
maintenance
,
management
,
ministry
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
mistake
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonadherence
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
omission
,
overlook
,
overlooking
,
pastorage
,
pastorate
,
pastorship
,
patronage
,
permissiveness
,
political organization
,
polity
,
poor stewardship
,
preterition
,
procrastination
,
protection
,
protectorship
,
regime
,
regimen
,
regnancy
,
regulation
,
reign
,
remissness
,
responsibility
,
rule
,
running
,
safe hands
,
skip
,
slackness
,
slight
,
slip
,
slipup
,
sovereignty
,
stewardship
,
stumble
,
superintendence
,
superintendency
,
supervision
,
surveillance
,
sway
,
system of government
,
trip
,
tutelage
,
unobservance
,
unrigorousness
,
ward
,
wardenship
,
wardship
,
watch and ward
,
wing
,
wrong step
balk
collapse
an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
related words >
baffle
,
bafflement
,
balk at
,
balking
,
be unwilling
,
beam
,
beat
,
begrudge
,
betrayed hope
,
bevue
,
bilk
,
blast
,
blasted expectation
,
blighted hope
,
blow
,
boggle
,
brave
,
buffet
,
cast down
,
challenge
,
check
,
checkmate
,
circumvent
,
comedown
,
confound
,
confounding
,
confront
,
confusion
,
contravene
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countermand
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
cruel disappointment
,
dash
,
dashed hope
,
decline
,
defeat
,
defeat expectation
,
defy
,
destroy
,
die hard
,
disappoint
,
disappointment
,
discomfit
,
discomfiture
,
disconcert
,
disconcertion
,
discountenance
,
dish
,
disillusion
,
disillusionment
,
disrupt
,
dissatisfaction
,
dissatisfy
,
elude
,
failure
,
fallen countenance
,
false move
,
false step
,
fiasco
,
fizzle
,
flinch
,
flummox
,
foil
,
foiling
,
forlorn hope
,
frustrate
,
frustration
,
gag
,
grudge
,
hang back
,
hold out
,
hope deferred
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
jib
,
knock the chocks
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
let down
,
letdown
,
loose thread
,
mind
,
mirage
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
nonplus
,
not budge
,
not care to
,
not feel like
,
object to
,
omission
,
oversight
,
perplex
,
persevere
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
recoil
,
refuse
,
repulse
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
rout
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
scotch
,
scruple
,
setback
,
shrink
,
shy
,
slip
,
slipup
,
sore disappointment
,
spike
,
spoil
,
stand out
,
stand pat
,
stick
,
stickle
,
stonewall
,
strain
,
stumble
,
stump
,
take no denial
,
tantalization
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
thwart
,
thwarting
,
trip
,
turn down
,
upset
,
would rather not
,
wrong step
looseness
collapse
movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"
the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"
freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"
related words >
Bohemianism
,
affability
,
allowance
,
amorphousness
,
approximation
,
bagginess
,
blobbiness
,
blowziness
,
blurriness
,
broadness
,
carelessness
,
casualness
,
chambering
,
chintziness
,
common touch
,
cordiality
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
dereliction
,
deviation
,
disorder
,
disregard
,
dowdiness
,
ease
,
easiness
,
easy virtue
,
easygoingness
,
failure
,
familiarity
,
flabbiness
,
flaccidity
,
flaccidness
,
floppiness
,
fogginess
,
folksiness
,
frowziness
,
frumpishness
,
fuzziness
,
generality
,
graciousness
,
grubbiness
,
haziness
,
homeliness
,
homeyness
,
ill-definedness
,
impotence
,
imprecision
,
inaccuracy
,
inaccurateness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inchoateness
,
incoherence
,
incorrectness
,
indecisiveness
,
indefinableness
,
indefiniteness
,
indeterminateness
,
indifference
,
indistinctness
,
inexactitude
,
inexactness
,
informality
,
informalness
,
irregularity
,
laches
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxation
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
leniency
,
lightness
,
limpness
,
loose morals
,
loosening
,
messiness
,
mistiness
,
naturalness
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nonfeasance
,
noninterference
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
obscuration
,
obscurity
,
offhandedness
,
omission
,
overindulgence
,
overlooking
,
overpermissiveness
,
oversight
,
permissiveness
,
plainness
,
poor stewardship
,
predictable error
,
probable error
,
procrastination
,
promiscuity
,
relaxation
,
relaxedness
,
remissness
,
ricketiness
,
rubberiness
,
seediness
,
shabbiness
,
shakiness
,
shapelessness
,
shoddiness
,
simplicity
,
slackness
,
slatternliness
,
sleeping around
,
slight
,
slipshodness
,
sloppiness
,
slovenliness
,
slovenry
,
sluttishness
,
sociability
,
softness
,
sordidness
,
squalidness
,
squalor
,
standard deviation
,
sweepingness
,
swinging
,
tackiness
,
tawdriness
,
tolerance
,
unaffectedness
,
unceremoniousness
,
unclearness
,
unconstrainedness
,
unconstraint
,
unconventionality
,
uncorrectness
,
unfactualness
,
unneatness
,
unpreciseness
,
unpretentiousness
,
unrestraint
,
unrigorousness
,
untidiness
,
vagueness
,
wantonness
,
waywardness
,
weakness
,
whorishness
carelessness
collapse
the quality of not being careful or taking pains
related words >
abandon
,
absentmindedness
,
accidia
,
acedia
,
aloofness
,
apathy
,
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
blowziness
,
blunderheadedness
,
blundering
,
boggling
,
boredom
,
botchery
,
botching
,
bungling
,
caprice
,
careless abandon
,
casualness
,
chintziness
,
cursoriness
,
desperateness
,
detachment
,
devil-may-careness
,
disinterest
,
disinterestedness
,
dispassion
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
dowdiness
,
easiness
,
easygoingness
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
forgetfulness
,
frivolousness
,
frowziness
,
frumpishness
,
fumbling
,
furiousness
,
giddiness
,
grubbiness
,
haste
,
hastiness
,
heedlessness
,
hotheadedness
,
hurriedness
,
impassiveness
,
impassivity
,
impetuosity
,
impetuousness
,
impotence
,
imprecision
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsiderateness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
incuriousness
,
indifference
,
indifferentism
,
indifferentness
,
indiscrimination
,
inexcitability
,
inobservance
,
insouciance
,
intellectual inertia
,
lack of affect
,
lack of foresight
,
lack of interest
,
lackadaisicalness
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
laziness
,
leniency
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
listlessness
,
looseness
,
loosening
,
messiness
,
mindlessness
,
muffing
,
negligence
,
nonchalance
,
nonobservance
,
oblivion
,
obliviousness
,
offhandedness
,
overeagerness
,
overenthusiasm
,
overindulgence
,
overpermissiveness
,
overzealousness
,
perfunctoriness
,
permissiveness
,
pococurantism
,
precipitance
,
precipitancy
,
precipitateness
,
precipitation
,
precipitousness
,
recklessness
,
regardlessness
,
relaxation
,
relaxedness
,
remissness
,
seediness
,
shabbiness
,
shallowness
,
shoddiness
,
slackness
,
slatternliness
,
slipshodness
,
sloppiness
,
sloth
,
slovenliness
,
slovenry
,
sluttishness
,
softness
,
sordidness
,
sprezzatura
,
squalidness
,
squalor
,
stolidity
,
superficiality
,
tackiness
,
tactlessness
,
tawdriness
,
thoughtlessness
,
too many cooks
,
unalertness
,
unanxiousness
,
unawareness
,
unconcern
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
uninquisitiveness
,
unintentiveness
,
uninterestedness
,
unmindfulness
,
unneatness
,
unobservance
,
unpreparedness
,
unreadiness
,
unrestraint
,
unsolicitousness
,
unsolicitude
,
unthinkingness
,
unthoughtfulness
,
untidiness
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
wantonness
,
weakness
,
wildness
,
withdrawal
levity
collapse
a manner lacking seriousness
feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
related words >
absentmindedness
,
absurdity
,
airiness
,
amusement
,
ascent
,
banter
,
big deal
,
booing
,
bounce
,
breeziness
,
bubbliness
,
buoyancy
,
carefreeness
,
carelessness
,
catcalling
,
chaffing
,
changeableness
,
chirpiness
,
coquettishness
,
daintiness
,
debonairness
,
delicacy
,
derision
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
downiness
,
emptiness
,
ethereality
,
facetiousness
,
faddishness
,
faddism
,
fickleness
,
fleering
,
flightiness
,
flimsiness
,
flippancy
,
floatability
,
fluffiness
,
foaminess
,
folly
,
fooling
,
foolishness
,
frivolity
,
frivolousness
,
frothiness
,
fun
,
futility
,
gentleness
,
giddiness
,
glee
,
gleefulness
,
gossameriness
,
grinning
,
heedlessness
,
high glee
,
hilariousness
,
hilarity
,
hissing
,
hooting
,
idleness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inanity
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
inconstancy
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inobservance
,
jauntiness
,
jeering
,
jocularity
,
jocundity
,
jolliness
,
jollity
,
joshing
,
joviality
,
joy
,
joyfulness
,
joyousness
,
lack of weight
,
laughter
,
leering
,
levitation
,
light heart
,
lightheartedness
,
lightmindedness
,
lightness
,
lightsomeness
,
mercuriality
,
mercurialness
,
merriment
,
merriness
,
mirth
,
mirthfulness
,
mockery
,
negligence
,
nonobservance
,
nugacity
,
obliviousness
,
panning
,
perkiness
,
pertness
,
playfulness
,
prankishness
,
pranksomeness
,
ragging
,
raillery
,
rallying
,
razzing
,
regardlessness
,
resilience
,
ridicule
,
roasting
,
roguishness
,
scoffing
,
shallowness
,
silliness
,
skittishness
,
slenderness
,
slightness
,
smart-aleckiness
,
smartness
,
smirking
,
sneering
,
snickering
,
sniggering
,
snorting
,
softness
,
sportiveness
,
superficiality
,
taunting
,
tenderness
,
thoughtlessness
,
trickery
,
trickiness
,
triflingness
,
triteness
,
triviality
,
trivialization
,
trivialness
,
twitting
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
undependability
,
unheaviness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unpredictability
,
unreliability
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
vacuity
,
vanity
,
vapidity
,
volatility
,
waggery
,
waggishness
,
weightlessness
,
yeastiness
thoughtlessness
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
absentmindedness
,
asininity
,
battiness
,
brainlessness
,
buffoonery
,
callowness
,
caprice
,
careless abandon
,
carelessness
,
casualness
,
childishness
,
clownishness
,
crackpottedness
,
crankiness
,
craziness
,
cursoriness
,
daffiness
,
desipience
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
easiness
,
eccentricity
,
empty-headedness
,
fatuity
,
fatuousness
,
fecklessness
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
folly
,
foolery
,
foolheadedness
,
foolishness
,
forgetfulness
,
frivolity
,
frivolousness
,
giddiness
,
goofiness
,
hastiness
,
heedlessness
,
idiocy
,
imbecility
,
immaturity
,
improvidence
,
imprudence
,
inability
,
inadeptness
,
inadequacy
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inadvisability
,
inanity
,
inaptitude
,
inaptness
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
incapability
,
incapacity
,
incompetence
,
incompetency
,
inconsiderateness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indexterity
,
indifference
,
indiscreetness
,
indiscretion
,
ineffectiveness
,
ineffectuality
,
inefficiency
,
ineptitude
,
ineptness
,
inexpedience
,
injudiciousness
,
inobservance
,
insanity
,
insouciance
,
irrationality
,
lack of foresight
,
lax stewardship
,
laziness
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
lunacy
,
madness
,
maladjustment
,
maladroitness
,
mediocrity
,
mercuriality
,
mindlessness
,
negligence
,
niaiserie
,
nonobservance
,
nugacity
,
nuttiness
,
oblivion
,
obliviousness
,
offhandedness
,
pedestrianism
,
perfunctoriness
,
pompousness
,
poor husbandry
,
puerility
,
queerness
,
reasonlessness
,
recklessness
,
regardlessness
,
rustiness
,
sappiness
,
screwiness
,
senselessness
,
shallowness
,
shiftlessness
,
silliness
,
skill-lessness
,
sprezzatura
,
stuffiness
,
stupidity
,
superficiality
,
tactlessness
,
thriftlessness
,
triflingness
,
triviality
,
unaccommodatingness
,
unalertness
,
unaptness
,
unawareness
,
uncleverness
,
unconsciousness
,
undeftness
,
undexterousness
,
undextrousness
,
unfitness
,
unfittedness
,
unheedfulness
,
unhelpfulness
,
unintelligence
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobligingness
,
unobservance
,
unpreparedness
,
unproficiency
,
unreadiness
,
unreason
,
unreasonableness
,
unschooledness
,
unsensibleness
,
unskillfulness
,
unsolicitousness
,
unsolicitude
,
unsoundness
,
unthinkingness
,
unthoughtfulness
,
untrainedness
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
unwisdom
,
unwiseness
,
volatility
,
wackiness
,
weirdness
,
witlessness
,
zaniness
,
zanyism
negligence
collapse
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
related words >
absentmindedness
,
accidia
,
acedia
,
allowance
,
apathy
,
approximation
,
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
bad policy
,
blowziness
,
carelessness
,
casualness
,
chintziness
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
default
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
detachment
,
deviation
,
disconformity
,
disinterest
,
dispassion
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
dowdiness
,
easiness
,
easygoingness
,
failing
,
failure
,
fecklessness
,
flightiness
,
flippancy
,
forgetfulness
,
frivolousness
,
frowziness
,
frumpishness
,
giddiness
,
grubbiness
,
hastiness
,
heedlessness
,
impolicy
,
impotence
,
imprecision
,
improvidence
,
inaccuracy
,
inaccurateness
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incorrectness
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
indiscrimination
,
inexactitude
,
inexactness
,
inexcitability
,
inexpedience
,
inexpediency
,
inobservance
,
insouciance
,
laches
,
lack of affect
,
lackadaisicalness
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
lax stewardship
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
leniency
,
levity
,
lightmindedness
,
listlessness
,
looseness
,
loosening
,
maladministration
,
malfeasance
,
malpractice
,
messiness
,
mindlessness
,
misadministration
,
misconduct
,
misdirection
,
misfeasance
,
misgovernment
,
misguidance
,
mishandling
,
mismanagement
,
misrule
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
nonadherence
,
nonchalance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonperformance
,
nonrestriction
,
obliviousness
,
omission
,
oscitancy
,
overindulgence
,
overlooking
,
overpermissiveness
,
oversight
,
permissiveness
,
pococurantism
,
poor husbandry
,
poor stewardship
,
predictable error
,
probable error
,
procrastination
,
recklessness
,
regardlessness
,
relaxation
,
relaxedness
,
remissness
,
seediness
,
shabbiness
,
shallowness
,
shiftlessness
,
shoddiness
,
slackness
,
slatternliness
,
slight
,
slipshodness
,
sloppiness
,
sloth
,
slovenliness
,
slovenry
,
sluttishness
,
softness
,
sordidness
,
squalidness
,
squalor
,
standard deviation
,
superficiality
,
tackiness
,
tawdriness
,
thoughtlessness
,
thriftlessness
,
tolerance
,
unalertness
,
unanxiousness
,
unawareness
,
unconcern
,
unconsciousness
,
uncorrectness
,
unfactualness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
unmindfulness
,
unneatness
,
unobservance
,
unpreciseness
,
unrestraint
,
unrigorousness
,
unsolicitousness
,
untidiness
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
weakness
,
wrongdoing
superficiality
collapse
lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"
related words >
a little learning
,
absentmindedness
,
amateurism
,
apparent character
,
appearance
,
appearances
,
aridity
,
barrenness
,
big deal
,
bloodlessness
,
carelessness
,
characterlessness
,
colorlessness
,
cursoriness
,
deadness
,
dilettantism
,
dilettantship
,
dismalness
,
display
,
disregard
,
disregardfulness
,
distraction
,
dragginess
,
dreariness
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
dustiness
,
effeteness
,
emptiness
,
epidermis
,
etiolation
,
exteriority
,
exteriors
,
external appearance
,
externality
,
externalness
,
externals
,
extrinsicality
,
facade
,
flatness
,
flightiness
,
flimsiness
,
flippancy
,
fluffiness
,
foolishness
,
foreignness
,
frivolity
,
frivolousness
,
front
,
frothiness
,
futility
,
gaudiness
,
giddiness
,
glimmering
,
glimpse
,
gloss
,
half-learning
,
heaviness
,
heedlessness
,
hollowness
,
idleness
,
imperfect knowledge
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inanity
,
inattention
,
inattentiveness
,
inconsideration
,
incuriosity
,
indifference
,
inexcitability
,
inobservance
,
insipidity
,
insipidness
,
jejunity
,
lack of depth
,
leadenness
,
levity
,
lifelessness
,
lightmindedness
,
lightness
,
lowness of spirit
,
manner
,
mere externals
,
mere scratch
,
meretriciousness
,
mien
,
negligence
,
no depth
,
no water
,
nonobservance
,
nugacity
,
obliviousness
,
openness
,
ostent
,
outerness
,
outward appearance
,
outward show
,
outwardness
,
paleness
,
pallor
,
pinprick
,
pointlessness
,
pokiness
,
ponderousness
,
public image
,
regardlessness
,
rind
,
sciolism
,
scratch
,
seeming
,
semi-learning
,
shallow-wittedness
,
shallowness
,
shoaliness
,
show
,
silliness
,
skin
,
slenderness
,
slight knowledge
,
slightness
,
slowness
,
smattering
,
smattering of ignorance
,
smattering of knowledge
,
solemnity
,
speciousness
,
spiritlessness
,
sterility
,
stiffness
,
stodginess
,
stuffiness
,
superficies
,
surface
,
surface appearance
,
surface show
,
surface-scratching
,
tastelessness
,
tediousness
,
thinness
,
thoughtlessness
,
triflingness
,
triteness
,
triviality
,
trivialness
,
unalertness
,
unawareness
,
unconsciousness
,
unheedfulness
,
unintentiveness
,
uninterestingness
,
unliveliness
,
unmindfulness
,
unobservance
,
unprofoundness
,
unprofundity
,
unwariness
,
unwatchfulness
,
vacuity
,
vague notion
,
vain show
,
vanity
,
vapidity
,
vapidness
,
veneer
,
volatility
,
woodenness
default
collapse
loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"
act of failing to meet a financial obligation
fail to pay up
related words >
AWOL
,
French leave
,
abscondence
,
absence
,
absence without leave
,
absentation
,
absenteeism
,
absenting
,
arrear
,
arrearage
,
arrears
,
back debts
,
back payments
,
bad debt
,
be absent
,
be bereaved of
,
be caught napping
,
be neglectful
,
be negligent
,
bouncing check
,
come up short
,
culpa
,
culpable negligence
,
cut
,
day off
,
dearth
,
decline
,
defalcation
,
defect
,
defection
,
defectiveness
,
deferred payments
,
deficiency
,
deficit
,
deficit financing
,
delinquence
,
delinquency
,
departure
,
dereliction
,
disallow
,
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,
disconformity
,
dishonor
,
dishonoring
,
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dollar gap
,
drop
,
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,
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,
fail
,
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,
failure
,
fall short
,
falling short
,
fault
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
holiday
,
hooky
,
ignore
,
imperfection
,
inaction
,
inadequacy
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
inattention
,
incur loss
,
inferiority
,
inobservance
,
insufficiency
,
keep away
,
kiss good-bye
,
laches
,
lack
,
laissez-faire
,
lapse
,
laxity
,
laxness
,
leave
,
leave of absence
,
leaving
,
let go
,
let ride
,
let slide
,
let slip
,
levant
,
looseness
,
lose
,
lose out
,
lose sight of
,
lose track of
,
mislay
,
misplace
,
miss
,
neglect
,
neglectfulness
,
negligence
,
nod
,
nonadherence
,
nonappearance
,
nonattendance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformity
,
nondischarge of debts
,
nonfeasance
,
nonfulfillment
,
noninterference
,
nonobservance
,
nonpayment
,
nonperformance
,
nonremittal
,
nonrestriction
,
not care for
,
not come
,
not get involved
,
not heed
,
not pay
,
not show up
,
not think
,
omission
,
overdraft
,
overlook
,
overlooking
,
oversight
,
pass over
,
permissiveness
,
poor stewardship
,
privation
,
procrastination
,
protest
,
protested bill
,
refuse to pay
,
remissness
,
repudiate
,
repudiation
,
running away
,
sabbatical leave
,
sacrifice
,
short measure
,
shortage
,
shortcoming
,
shortfall
,
sick leave
,
slackness
,
sleep
,
slight
,
slump
,
stop payment
,
suffer loss
,
take for granted
,
truancy
,
truantism
,
turn up missing
,
uncollectible
,
underage
,
undergo privation
,
unexcused absence
,
unobservance
,
unrigorousness
,
vacation
,
wander from
,
want
,
weakness
,
welsh
stumble
collapse
make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
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bad job
,
balk
,
barge
,
be all thumbs
,
bevue
,
blunder
,
blunder away
,
blunder into
,
blunder on
,
blunder upon
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
botch
,
breakdown
,
bumble
,
bump
,
bump into
,
bungle
,
butcher
,
capsize
,
careen
,
career
,
chance
,
clump
,
clumsy performance
,
collapse
,
come a cropper
,
come across
,
come up against
,
comedown
,
commit a gaffe
,
crash
,
cropper
,
culbute
,
deflation
,
deviate
,
discover
,
dive
,
downfall
,
encounter
,
err
,
error
,
etourderie
,
fall
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall headlong
,
fall into error
,
fall over
,
fall prostrate
,
fall upon
,
false move
,
false step
,
falter
,
faux pas
,
find
,
flop
,
flounce
,
flounder
,
flub
,
fluff
,
foozle
,
forced landing
,
fumble
,
gag
,
gaucherie
,
get a cropper
,
go amiss
,
go astray
,
go awry
,
go wrong
,
halt
,
hash
,
have two minds
,
haw
,
header
,
hem
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hit
,
hit upon
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
jib
,
labor
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
light
,
limp
,
list
,
loose thread
,
luck
,
lumber
,
lurch
,
mammer
,
mar
,
meet
,
mess
,
miscalculate
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
mistake
,
muck
,
muddle
,
muff
,
murder
,
nose dive
,
off day
,
omission
,
oversight
,
pause
,
pitch
,
pitch and plunge
,
play havoc with
,
plunge
,
pose
,
pratfall
,
reel
,
rock
,
roll
,
run across
,
sad work
,
scruple
,
seethe
,
shy
,
slip
,
slip up
,
slipup
,
smash
,
snapper
,
spill
,
spoil
,
sprawl
,
spread-eagle
,
stagger
,
stammer
,
stick
,
stickle
,
strain
,
stray
,
struggle
,
stump
,
stutter
,
sway
,
swing
,
tailspin
,
take a fall
,
take a flop
,
take a header
,
take a pratfall
,
take a spill
,
thrash about
,
tilt
,
topple
,
topple down
,
topple over
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
toss and turn
,
totter
,
trip
,
tumble
,
turn turtle
,
volutation
,
wallop
,
wallow
,
wander
,
waver
,
welter
,
wobble
,
wrong step
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