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middling collapse: any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

tolerable collapse: capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"

pansy collapse: large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

passable collapse: able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable"

womanish collapse: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"

effeminate collapse: having unsuitable feminine qualities

cloying collapse: overly sweet

mollycoddle collapse: a pampered darling; an effeminate man

weak sister collapse

jellyfish collapse: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

nebbish collapse: (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton

goody goody collapse

precisian collapse

sleazy collapse: of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

banal collapse: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

gooey collapse: soft and sticky

mushy collapse: having the consistency of mush

weakling collapse: a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

sissified collapse

wispy collapse

milksop collapse

puristic collapse

sapless collapse: destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer

papery collapse: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"

sad sack collapse

overrefined collapse: excessively delicate or refined

fragile collapse: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

invertebrate collapse: any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification; lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals"

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

sop collapse: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"; piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid; dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"; be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid; give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

maudlin collapse

characterless collapse: lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting; "women dressed in nondescript clothes"; "a nondescript novel"

lackluster collapse: lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lusterless hair"; lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance"

nonentity collapse

sentimental collapse: given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

sappy collapse: abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"

cowardly collapse: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

romantic collapse: a soulful or amorous idealist; belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"

colorless collapse: weak in color; not colorful; lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"

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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