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Mistress collapse: a woman master who directs the work of others; an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

Fraulein collapse: a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman

signora collapse: an Italian title or form of address for a married woman; an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name

senorita collapse: a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss'

senora collapse: a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs' or `madam'

probationary collapse: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

dame collapse: informal terms for a (young) woman; a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

cobbler collapse: tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit; a person who makes or repairs shoes

deficient collapse: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"; falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

slapdash collapse: in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"

mistake collapse: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"; an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"; identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

experimental collapse: relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"; of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"; relating to or based on experiment; "experimental physics"

carelessly collapse: without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment"

heuristic collapse: a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem; of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation

malinger collapse: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

Frau collapse: a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman

misplay collapse: play wrong or in an unskillful manner; play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note

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"

misprint collapse: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind; print incorrectly

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