English words for 'A lack of competence or ability.'
Closest matches for "A lack of competence or ability." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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adj
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- lacking grace in movement or posture
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
- Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
- Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
noun
adj
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
- Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
- not doing a good job
- not meeting requirements
- legally not qualified or sufficient
- not qualified or suited for a purpose
- (geology) Not resistant to deformation or flow.
- Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
- (medicine, of the cervix) Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
noun
noun
adj
noun
- Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- an athlete who does not play for pay
- someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
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adj
- Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
- Crudely made; primitive.
- Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
- Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
- Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
- Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
- Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
- (MLE, slang) Good, awesome.
- (MLE, slang) Sexy, hot, overtly attractive.
- lacking civility or good manners
- (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
- socially incorrect in behavior
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
adj
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
adj
noun
- (by extension) A person with low endurance.
- A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
- Something that is light in weight, or relatively so.
- One of little consequence or ability.
- (rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
- (combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
- A political candidate with little chance of winning.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
- A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division.
- a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
- a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
- someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
verb
adj
noun
noun
- A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
- One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.
- A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.
- (rare, slang) A user of the Slackware Linux distribution.
- a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
adj
adj
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verb
adj
noun
adj
- Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
- (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
- Not having been exposed to something.
- not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
- lacking information or instruction
- inexperienced
- marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
noun
adj
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased
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verb
noun
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- the quality of an embarrassing situation
- trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
- The quality of an embarrassing situation.
noun
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- (physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
- The quality or state of being slow.
adj
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- Moderately warm.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
noun
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- A dip in a surface.
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
adj
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
- (not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
- (informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
- Typical.
- Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
noun
- an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
- (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- (statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
- (law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
- (mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
- (sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
verb
- compute the average of
- achieve or reach on average
- amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
- (transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
- (transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
- (transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
- (intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
adj
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- gained or earned without cheating or stealing
- free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
- very pleasing to the eye
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
- attractively feminine
- (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
- free of clouds or rain
- not excessive or extreme
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear.
- (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Just.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
noun
- a sale of miscellany; often for charity
- a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- gathering of producers to promote business
- a competitive exhibition of farm products
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
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verb
- join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
- (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- (intransitive, of weather) To become fair (favorable, not stormy).
- (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
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- Showing a lack of effort or care.
- Droopy.
- (computing theory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
- Sluggish; slow-moving.
- Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- (optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
- Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
- (of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
- moving slowly and gently
- disinclined to work or exertion
noun
verb
adj
- Lacking skills for organizing one's affairs.
- Lacking order or organization; confused; chaotic.
- (psychology) In a state of disruption of orderly psychological functioning; engaging in behavior that is chaotic, self-contradictory, or out of keeping with reality; (of a mental illness) poorly controlled and leading to a disorganized state.
- lacking order or methodical arrangement or function
verb
noun
noun
- A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
- One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.
- A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.
- (rare, slang) A user of the Slackware Linux distribution.
- a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
adj
adj
noun
- Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- an athlete who does not play for pay
- someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
noun
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- the quality of an embarrassing situation
- trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
- The quality of an embarrassing situation.
noun
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- (physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
- The quality or state of being slow.
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adj
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- lacking grace in movement or posture
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
- Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
- Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
noun
adj
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
- Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
- not doing a good job
- not meeting requirements
- legally not qualified or sufficient
- not qualified or suited for a purpose
- (geology) Not resistant to deformation or flow.
- Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
- (medicine, of the cervix) Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
noun
adj
noun
- Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- an athlete who does not play for pay
- someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
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noun
adj
det
adj
- Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
- Crudely made; primitive.
- Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
- Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
- Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
- Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
- Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
- (MLE, slang) Good, awesome.
- (MLE, slang) Sexy, hot, overtly attractive.
- lacking civility or good manners
- (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
- socially incorrect in behavior
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
adj
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
adj
noun
- (by extension) A person with low endurance.
- A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
- Something that is light in weight, or relatively so.
- One of little consequence or ability.
- (rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
- (combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
- A political candidate with little chance of winning.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
- A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division.
- a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
- a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
- someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
verb
adj
noun
adj
intj
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
- (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
- Not having been exposed to something.
- not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
- lacking information or instruction
- inexperienced
- marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
noun
adj
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased
adv
intj
noun
verb
adj
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- Moderately warm.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
noun
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- A dip in a surface.
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
adj
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
- (not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
- (informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
- Typical.
- Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
noun
- an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
- (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- (statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
- (law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
- (mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
- (sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
verb
- compute the average of
- achieve or reach on average
- amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
- (transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
- (transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
- (transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
- (intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
adj
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- gained or earned without cheating or stealing
- free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
- very pleasing to the eye
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
- attractively feminine
- (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
- free of clouds or rain
- not excessive or extreme
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear.
- (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Just.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
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- a sale of miscellany; often for charity
- a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- gathering of producers to promote business
- a competitive exhibition of farm products
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
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- join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
- (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- (intransitive, of weather) To become fair (favorable, not stormy).
- (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
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- Showing a lack of effort or care.
- Droopy.
- (computing theory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
- Sluggish; slow-moving.
- Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- (optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
- Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
- (of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
- moving slowly and gently
- disinclined to work or exertion
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- Lacking skills for organizing one's affairs.
- Lacking order or organization; confused; chaotic.
- (psychology) In a state of disruption of orderly psychological functioning; engaging in behavior that is chaotic, self-contradictory, or out of keeping with reality; (of a mental illness) poorly controlled and leading to a disorganized state.
- lacking order or methodical arrangement or function