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indelicate collapse: verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"; in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

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"

unpromising collapse: unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"

inopportune collapse: not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"

inconvenient collapse: not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"; not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

indecent collapse: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"; offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"; not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

premature collapse: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"; born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant"

ill-timed collapse: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

baleful collapse: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"; deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"

adverse collapse: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"; contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

indecorous collapse: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior"

malevolent collapse: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"

portentous collapse: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

intrusive collapse: tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive"; thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea"; of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock

harmful collapse: causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"; able or likely to do harm

apocalyptic collapse: prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom; of or relating to an apocalypse

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

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

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

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