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Tagged with single-word-requests adjectives
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Is there a variant of "suspicious" that unambiguously indicates the subject as the actor?
Mirriam-Webster defines suspicious as:
tending to arouse suspicion
expressing or indicative of suspicion
These two definitions differ significantly in their meaning. (1) implies the subject is the ...
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Is there a term to describe someone that is neither genuine or a hypocrite?
In definition,
Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's ...
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"Monetary" is for "money". In this vein, what adjective is used for status?
"Monetary" is for "money". In this vein, what adjective is used for status? Context:
Nicolas Maduro abused his power for both monetary and ______ gains.
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What is a word or term with an opposite or complementary meaning to "flaky person"? [closed]
One good candidate would be "reliable", but I am looking for a word with more direct connotations to social behavior like flaky has.
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Is there an adjectival form of "alliance"?
Here's an example which demonstrates the similarity I'm looking for:
"There is a corporation of pilots conducting operations outside of their corporate airspace.".
Now, if there is instead ...
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What is a single word adjective that means "particularly useful"?
For a given task, like digging a hole, many things are "useful". The set of all "useful" things contains, among other things "spoon", "pencil", "saucepan ...
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What's the right adjective or noun for someone who does not trust the intelligence of another person? [closed]
Is there an adjective or a noun about being unable to trust the intelligence of another person? A doubter who refuse to believe that someone is intellectually competent?
For example, Alice refuses to ...
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How can I express the shape of a leg of an ant? Abrupt change of direction?
How do I describe the shape of a leg of an ant?
A leg of an ant is bent, but I feel 'bent' is suitable for gradual change of direction.
Is there an adjective for 'abrupt change of direction' which can ...
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Adjective for something that inspires or originally motivates something else
I am preparing a slide show and would like to title one slide as follows:
[technology1]'s [adjective] idea
which should mean something like
The idea behind [technology1]
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The idea that originally ...
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How can I describe something that is easy to improve?
Say I have a person who is fond of change/prone to progress or a technology that is designed to be easily changed and improved. What is an adjective I can use to describe both or either one of them?
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Position > Positional & Inertia > Inertial, so what about speed/velocity?
Is there any word to indicate a relation to/dependence on speed or velocity such as position > positional and inertia > inertial?
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Adjective to describe object that has connections between its elements [closed]
Example: a social network is [...] as users are connected by their friendships.
I could think of a social network is connected but it sounds like the social networks connect to each other.
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A word that means "based on sound and not-arbitrary principles"
I am describing a new experimental method in a research paper, which has the benefit that all of the input parameters are not arbitrary and are instead determined using basic principles from the ...
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What is an English adjective describing properties related to the content
Is there any single-word adjective that emphasizes the property is related to the content opposed to the properties that are related to the container?
I have seen the word contentual which does not ...
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Adjective meaning 'attempting to draw sordid or lurid information out of someone'
I was speaking with a friend today who is a policeman. I asked him how his week had been and he replied "I don't have any good stories for you this week". I wanted to say: "I'm not ...
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