
Description of frivolity (adjective) giddiness; lack of seriousness; silliness; flippancy
Samples of frivolity The hard-working students deserved weekend gatherings filled with frivolity.
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Description of inchoate (adjective) not yet fully formed; rudimentary; unorganized; incomplete
Samples of inchoate The inchoate building appeared as if it would be a fast-food restaurant. The outline of the thesis was the inchoate form of a very complex theory.
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Description of recumbent (adjective) resting; reclining
Samples of recumbent Suppressing a smile, his wife stepped over the now recumbent form of the knitted dog and went into the kitchen to open a can. Some people thought that with the mitre on his white hair he looked like one of the effigies on the tombs of the prelates which they met recumbent in cathedrals, and fancied that here was a bishop out of the Middle Ages.
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Description of scanty (adjective) inadequate; sparse; meager; deficient
Samples of scanty The malnutrition was caused by the scanty amount of healthy food eaten each day.
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Description of pinioned (adjective) bound fast
Samples of pinioned The two rafts were pinioned by steel wire.
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Description of complacent (adjective) indifferent; submissive; nonchalant; self-satisfied; at ease
Samples of complacent Strong competition keeps companies from becoming too complacent. The CEO worries regularly that his firm's winning ways will make it complacent. The candidate was so complacent with his poll numbers that he virtually stopped campaigning.
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Description of plaintive (adjective) mournful; sad; moving
Samples of plaintive His wife's death made Sam plaintive.
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Description of haphazard (adjective) disorganized; irregular; random
Samples of haphazard He constantly misplaced important documents because of his haphazard way of running his office.
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Description of malign (adjective) having an evil disposition toward others; harmful; evil (opposite: benign)
Samples of malign She had such a malign personality that no one even tried to approach her, mostly out of fear.
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Description of audacious (adjective) fearless; bold; impudent
Samples of audacious The audacious soldier went into battle without a shield.
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