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featherbedding collapse: the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required

circumlocution collapse: an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

tautology collapse: useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"

expletive collapse: a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

filling collapse: the act of filling something; (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"; a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.; flow into something (as a container); any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

embellishment collapse: a superfluous ornament; elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

duplication collapse: the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful"

fertility collapse: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

overlap collapse: the property of partial coincidence in time; a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"; coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap"; extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city"

redundancy collapse: repetition of an act needlessly; the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"; (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails; repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

productivity collapse: (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

frill collapse: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim; an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal; (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

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

metaphor collapse: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

profusion collapse: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

padding collapse: artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

overflow collapse: the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity; flow or run over (a limit or brim)

abundance collapse: the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"; (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million; (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present

exuberance collapse: overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval; joyful enthusiasm

fluency collapse: the quality of being facile in speech and writing; skillfulness in speaking or writing

luxury collapse: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity; wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

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