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unsuitability collapse: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

short collapse: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed; tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"; (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"; primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"; of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"; not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"; lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"; low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"; so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"; at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"; clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"; without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

equable collapse: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays"; not varying; "an equable climate"

tract collapse: a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose; a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet; an extended area of land

scarce collapse: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"; not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

baker collapse: someone who bakes bread or cake; someone who bakes commercially

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"

scrip collapse: a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency

sententious collapse: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

fetish collapse: excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness"; a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear"

meat collapse: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

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"

coil collapse: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"; reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit; tubing that is wound in a spiral; a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb; a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine; a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals); wind around something in coils or loops

cut corners collapse: do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"

indivisible collapse: impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible"

cruelty collapse: a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering; the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance; feelings of extreme heartlessness

systematic collapse: characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was very systematic"; "a systematic administrator"

delinquency collapse: an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor; a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"; nonpayment of a debt when due

famished collapse: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

dam collapse: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock; a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea; obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"

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