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get by collapse: pass or move in front of; "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race"

unpremeditated collapse: not prepared or planned in advance; "asked an unpremeditated question"; not premeditated

vice president collapse: an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances

alternative collapse: necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"; pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"

replacement collapse: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"

improvisation collapse: an unplanned expedient; a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

imperfect collapse: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

inaccurate collapse: not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"

second string collapse: a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game

backup collapse: (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"; an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet"

partial collapse: being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"; showing favoritism

blemished collapse: marred by imperfections; having a blemish or flaw; "a flawed diamond"

imprecise collapse: not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional"

unstudied collapse: lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field; "is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters"; not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm"

unorganized collapse: not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government"; not affiliated in a trade union; "the workers in the plant were unorganized"

utility collapse: the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"; a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities"; the quality of being of practical use; a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

trump collapse: (bridge or whist) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand; "clubs were declared trumps"; "a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led"; a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; "the ace of trumps is a sure winner"; proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare; play a trump; produce a sound as if from a trumpet

analogy collapse: drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"; an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

vicar collapse: a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman; (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish; (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

haphazard collapse: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"; dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"; without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard"

substitution collapse: the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"; an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

erroneous collapse: containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"; "the answer was inaccurate"

solution collapse: the successful action of solving a problem; "the solution took three hours"; a method for solving a problem; "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook"; a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"; the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation; a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water"

mediocre collapse: poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"; moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

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