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unit collapse: a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"; an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"; a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"; an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"

starets collapse: a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church

quietism collapse: a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God

selfish collapse: concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

limbo collapse: (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals); an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

advisable collapse: worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; "such action is neither necessary nor advisable"; "extreme caution is advisable"; "it is advisable to telephone first"

thus collapse: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)

prehensile collapse: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"; having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch

literary collapse: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"; knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"; of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"

inflationary spiral collapse: an episode of inflation in which prices increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value

avaricious collapse: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

highbrow collapse: a person of intellectual or erudite tastes; highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic"

spinner collapse: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water; board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game; someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

timely collapse: done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed"; before a time limit expires; "the timely filing of his income tax return"

otiose collapse: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

seer collapse: an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies"

inadvisable collapse: not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable"; not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action"

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