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infelicity collapse: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

strapped collapse

peaked collapse: having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills"

badly off collapse

cacophony collapse: loud confusing disagreeable sounds

no good collapse

unprosperous collapse

wretch collapse: performs some wicked deed

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

impurity collapse: the condition of being impure; worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"

oratory collapse: addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"

truant collapse: one who is absent from school without permission; absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

impropriety collapse: an improper demeanor; the condition of being improper

coarseness collapse: the quality of lacking taste and refinement; looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth); the quality of being composed of relatively large particles

beachcomber collapse: a vagrant living on a beach

formulation collapse: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"; a substance prepared according to a formula

skill less collapse

scrimpy collapse

inexpert collapse

unapproving collapse

unproficient collapse

disappointing collapse: not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"

unfacile collapse

ill-off collapse

swagman collapse: an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work

pinched collapse: as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"

reduced collapse: well below normal (especially in price)

distressed collapse: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"

unappreciative collapse: not feeling or expressing gratitude; "unappreciative of nature's bounty"

pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

good-for-nothing collapse: without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

uncomplimentary collapse: tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage

beggar collapse: a pauper who lives by begging; reduce to beggary; be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"

mangy collapse: having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat"

tatty collapse

grammar collapse: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology)

victim collapse: an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance; a person who is tricked or swindled

drifter collapse

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