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lesser collapse: smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"; of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"

frequent collapse: frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";; coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"; be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"

corrugation collapse: the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves; a ridge on a corrugated surface

questionable collapse: able to be refuted; subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

weak collapse: deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"; likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain"; not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president"; (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection; deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling"; having little physical or spiritual strength; "a weak link"; tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks"

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

leach collapse: the process of leaching; remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"; permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"; cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

retired collapse: no longer active in your work or profession; discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

danger collapse: a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"; the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"; a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"

bureaucracy collapse: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape; a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials; nonelective government officials

rare collapse: not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"; not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"; (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"; recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"; marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"; having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

taper collapse: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone); a convex shape that narrows toward a point; diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

frail collapse: a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs); the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds; physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"

obsolete collapse: old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"

pubescent collapse: (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"

ethereal collapse: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"; of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution"

haggard collapse: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)

common collapse: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"; belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"; commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"; being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"; of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"; to be expected; standard; "common decency"; common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"

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