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budding collapse: reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent; beginning to develop; "a budding genius"

unfinished collapse: not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished"; not brought to the desired final state

genetic collapse: of or relating to the science of genetics; "genetic research"; pertaining to or referring to origin; "genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work"

basic collapse: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant; a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use; of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base; serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"; pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"; reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"

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"

elemental collapse: relating to or being an element; "elemental sulphur"; relating to severe atmospheric conditions; "a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard

abecedarian collapse: a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge; a novice learning the rudiments of some subject; alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)

seminal collapse: pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; "seminal fluid"

initial collapse: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"; occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"; mark with one's initials

dwarf collapse: a person who is markedly small; check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

elementary collapse: easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"; of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"

beginning collapse: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"; the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"; the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"; the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"; the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

embryonic collapse: in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"; of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development"

roughcast collapse: a rough preliminary model; a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls; apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"; shape roughly

formative collapse: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function; forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"; capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"; susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"

arrested collapse: having development checked or reversed; "arrested tuberculosis"

immature collapse: lacking in development; "immature plans"; "an unformed character"; not yet mature; characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"

undeveloped collapse: not developed; "courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped"; "undeveloped social awareness"; (of real estate) not built upon or ready for building upon; "taxes on undeveloped lots are low"

meager collapse: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

pristine collapse: immaculately clean and unused; "handed her his pristine white handkerchief"; completely free from dirt or contamination; "pristine mountain snow"

inaugural collapse: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"; occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

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