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gossamery collapse

pushover collapse: someone who is easily taken advantage of

wishy washy collapse

sticky collapse: covered with an adhesive material; moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

tedious collapse

bland collapse: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"; lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

respectable collapse: characterized by proper behavior or conventional conduct; worthy of respect; "a respectable woman"

gushing collapse: flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters"

sissy collapse: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

insipid collapse: not pleasing to the sense of taste; lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"; lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel"

puny collapse: (used especially of persons) of inferior size; inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

flimsy collapse: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; lacking solidity or strength and liable to break; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"; resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"; very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"

vapid collapse: lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid schoolgirls"

pedantic collapse

watery collapse: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"; relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery substance"; "a watery color"; filled with water; "watery soil"

precious collapse: of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"; extremely; "there is precious little time left"

unsubstantial collapse

lightweight collapse: a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds; a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds; an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds; having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"

dainty collapse: something considered choice to eat; delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"; excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"; affectedly dainty or refined; especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel"

tacky collapse: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"

limp collapse: not firm; "wilted lettuce"; walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"; proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"

jejune collapse

modest collapse: free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"; not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"; not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance; marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"; free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"

feeble collapse: lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

exquisite collapse: of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face"; lavishly elegant and refined; intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"

indecisive collapse: not definitely settling something; "a long and indecisive war"; characterized by lack of decision and firmness; "an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill"; not clearly defined; "indecisive boundaries running through mountains"

sloppy collapse: lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"; wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"

elegant collapse: refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"; displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise"; suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

frail collapse: a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs); the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds; physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"

indifferent collapse: showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea"; neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"; being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"; characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems"; marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation"; fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job"

inane collapse

baby collapse: a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is his baby"; a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"; (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women; the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"; a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?"

chicken collapse: a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl; a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops; the flesh of a chicken used for food; easily frightened

medium collapse: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication; a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information; (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public; the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"; someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums"; a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position; "a happy medium"; an intervening substance through which something is achieved; "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"; (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed; a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter; (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

moderate collapse: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"; being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"; marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"; make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed"; preside over; "John moderated the discussion"

slight collapse: almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"; pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

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