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pathetic collapse: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett; inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

starvation collapse: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"; a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

stingy collapse: unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

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

papery collapse: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"

fragile collapse: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

cadaverous collapse: of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"

unworthy collapse: lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"

subsistence collapse: minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"; the state of existing in reality; having substance; a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

meaningless collapse: having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

measly collapse: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

shriveled collapse: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

attenuated collapse: of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion

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