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pinchbeck collapse: an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold; serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"

assumed collapse: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"; adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"; taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"

artificial collapse: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"; contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"; not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

embellished collapse: rich in decorative detail; excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

defunct collapse: having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"

purport collapse: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

prerequisite collapse: something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"; required as a prior condition or course of study

illegitimate collapse: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"; of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

tin collapse: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide; prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface; plate with tin

apocryphal collapse: being of questionable authenticity; of or belonging to the Apocrypha

formal collapse: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"; (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English"; logically deductive; "formal proof"; characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

inanimate collapse: not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"; belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate"

sleeping collapse: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate; the state of being asleep

unreal collapse: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"; not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"

colored collapse: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"; having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

bastard collapse: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"; the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

ersatz collapse: an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation; artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"

warped collapse: used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

asleep collapse: into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"; in the sleep of death

tinsel collapse: a thread with glittering metal foil attached; a showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the tinsel of self-promotion"; interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet"; adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"; impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood"

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