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  • 51Badness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities. < N PARAG:Badness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hurtfulness hurtfulness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 virulence virulence GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 evil doer evil doer &c. 913 Sgm: N 2 bane …

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  • 52nothing — noth|ing1 W1S1 [ˈnʌθıŋ] pron [: Old English; Origin: nan thing, nathing no thing ] 1.) not anything or no thing ▪ Nothing ever happens in this town. ▪ There s nothing in this box. ▪ There was nothing else the doctors could do. ▪ He had nothing… …

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  • 53unavoidable — Not avoidable, incapable of being shunned or prevented, inevitable, and necessary @ unavoidable accident An inevitable accident; one which could not have been prevented by exercise of due care by both parties under circumstances prevailing.… …

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  • 54untowardly — I. adjective Etymology: un (I) + towardly, adjective 1. archaic : obstinate, perverse 2. archaic …

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  • 55left-handed — {adj.}, {informal} 1. Using the left hand habitually. 2. Crooked; phoney; homosexual. * /Morris is such a left handed guy./ 3. Clumsy; untoward; awkward. * /Grab that hammer and stop acting so left handed./ …

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  • 56left-handed — {adj.}, {informal} 1. Using the left hand habitually. 2. Crooked; phoney; homosexual. * /Morris is such a left handed guy./ 3. Clumsy; untoward; awkward. * /Grab that hammer and stop acting so left handed./ …

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  • 57Awkward — Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an… …

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  • 58Awkwardly — Awkward Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a… …

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  • 59Awkwardness — Awkward Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a… …

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  • 60Chagrin — Cha*grin , n. [F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding grief. See {Shagreen}.] Vexation; mortification. [1913 Webster] I must… …

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