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motherhood collapse: the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

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

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"

collateral collapse: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan; descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"; situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"; accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"; serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"

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"

paternity collapse: the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity"

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"

family collapse: primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"; people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"; a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"; (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"; an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"

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"

proximity collapse: the property of being close together; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit; the region close around a person or thing

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

people collapse: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"; members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"; fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"; furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated"

deprived collapse: marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law"

shiftlessness collapse: a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition

similarity collapse: the quality of being similar; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

referent collapse: something that refers; a term that refers to another term; the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate; something referred to; the object of a reference; having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"

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