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inglorious collapse: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"

disreputable collapse: lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

Mickey Mouse collapse: a fictional mouse created in animated film strips by Walt Disney

insufficient collapse: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

economic collapse: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time"; financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"; concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged"; of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory"; of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life"

bedraggled collapse: limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"; in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

scraggly collapse: lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"

economical collapse: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

maladroit collapse: not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

plebeian collapse: one of the common people; of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

grubby collapse: small sculpin of the coast of New England; infested with grubs

messy collapse: dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

sleazy collapse: of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

tattered collapse: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"

incompetent collapse: someone who is not competent to take effective action; not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"; not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess"

depraved collapse: marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

untidy collapse: not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

unmentionable collapse: unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation; "unmentionable words"

threadbare collapse: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

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"

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