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Exact Match:

lame: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"

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manque collapse: unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

crippled collapse: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

de energize collapse

inactivate collapse: make inactive; "they deactivated the file"

failed collapse: unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"

insolvent collapse: unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate"

handicapped collapse

unsturdy collapse

running mate collapse: a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices

abortive collapse: failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

public servant collapse: someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)

officeholder collapse: someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

stalking horse collapse

emasculated collapse

emasculate collapse: remove the testicles of a male animal; deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"

incapacitated collapse

disabled collapse: people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled"; markedly unable to function as a consequence of injury or illness; so badly injured as to be excused from continuing; "disabled veterans"

incapacitate collapse

castrated collapse: deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes

cover story collapse

bootless collapse: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

ins collapse

kibosh collapse

weigh down collapse: be oppressive or disheartening to

scalper collapse: someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"

also ran collapse

disable collapse: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"; make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

ensnarl collapse

doggerel collapse: a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"

lame duck collapse: an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

entwine collapse

enfeeble collapse: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

speculator collapse: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains; someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts

plunger collapse: hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains

candidate collapse: someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

alibi collapse: (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question; exonerate by means of an alibi

holdover collapse: an official who remains in office after his term

aspirant collapse: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"; desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

smoke screen collapse: an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"; (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

entrap collapse

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