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upper collapse: piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers come in many styles"; higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper center of the picture"; "the upper stories"; superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the class"; the topmost one of two

distress collapse: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"; psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"; extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"; a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"; cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

rarity collapse: a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"; noteworthy scarcity

mortification collapse: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

misery collapse: a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"; a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

lack collapse: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

self-denial collapse: the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

necessity collapse: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"; the condition of being essential or indispensable

abstinence collapse: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite; the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

poor collapse: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"; having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"; lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"

beggarly collapse: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt; marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"

austerity collapse: the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

austere collapse: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"; severely simple; "a stark interior"

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