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miscue collapse: a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

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"

unintelligent collapse: lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers"

degree collapse: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"; the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"; the highest power of a term or variable; a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"; a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"; a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

impolitic collapse: not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"

adapted collapse: changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"

canter collapse: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop; ride at a canter; "The men cantered away"; ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow"; go at a canter, of horses

spoke collapse: support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

stepping stone collapse: any means of advancement; "the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches"; a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing

tactless collapse: lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"

intercede collapse: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

accelerate collapse: move faster; "The car accelerated"; cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

slowly collapse: without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"

imprudent collapse: lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark"; not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger

tread collapse: structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step; the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground; the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire; brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center; mate with; "male birds tread the females"; crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"; tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"; apply (the tread) to a tire

indiscreet collapse: lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"

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

strut collapse: a proud stiff pompous gait; brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

unwary collapse: not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell

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"

shamble collapse: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

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