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1. Definition: 1. start suddenly, as from fright

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1. Definition: 1. (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance"

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1. Definition: 1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

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1. Definition: 1. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

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1. Definition: 1. having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

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1. Definition: 1. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"

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1. Definition: 1. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

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1. Definition: 1. without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

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1. Definition: 1. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

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1. Definition: 1. make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"

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1. Definition: 1. create a short circuit in

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1. Definition: 1. give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

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1. Definition: 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

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1. Definition: 1. lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

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1. Definition: 1. turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"

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1. Definition: 1. pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

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1. Definition: 1. (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds"

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1. Definition: 1. only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

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1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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1. Definition: 1. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

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1. Definition: 1. short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

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1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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1. Definition: 1. giving only major points; lacking completeness; "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy"

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1. Definition: 1. concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

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1. Definition: 1. full of fighting spirit; "a scrappy admiral"

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1. Definition: 1. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

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1. Definition: 1. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

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1. Definition: 1. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

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1. Definition: 1. be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

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1. Definition: 1. of e.g. advice

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1. Definition: 1. 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"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

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1. Definition: 1. not easy to combine harmoniously

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1. Definition: 1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

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1. Definition: 1. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

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1. Definition: 1. Cowardly

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1. Definition: 1. not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished"

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1. Definition: 1. not developed; "courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped"; "undeveloped social awareness"

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1. Definition: 1. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

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