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speak for collapse: be a spokesperson for; "He represents the Government's position"

unseasonable collapse: not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season; "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"; "unseasonable bright blue weather in November"

inadmissible collapse: not deserving to be admitted; "inadmissible evidence"

inexpedient collapse: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"; not appropriate to the purpose

bell the cat collapse: take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?"

unadvised collapse: having received no information; "a defendant unadvised of her legal rights"

unlucky collapse: having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"

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"

profess collapse: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"; take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"; receive into a religious order or congregation; state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

unwise collapse: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"

insist collapse: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"; be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

irrelevant collapse: having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"

hapless collapse: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

espouse collapse: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

infelicitous collapse: not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"; marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series

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