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Nouns
1. (n.) myriad;
- a large indefinite number;
- “he faced a myriad of details”;
2. (n.) 10000, myriad, ten thousand;
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable;
- too numerous to be counted;
- “incalculable riches”; “countless hours”; “an infinite number of reasons”; “innumerable difficulties”; “the multitudinous seas”; “myriad stars”; “untold thousands”;
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18
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2010
Nouns
1. (n.) asterisk, star;
- a star-shaped character * used in printing;
Verbs
1. (verb) asterisk, star;
- mark with an asterisk;
- “Linguists star unacceptable sentences”;
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2010
Adjectives
1. (adj.) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept;
- not elegant or graceful in expression;
- “an awkward prose style”; “a clumsy apology”; “his cumbersome writing style”; “if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”;
2. (adj.) feckless, inept;
- generally incompetent and ineffectual;
- “feckless attempts to repair the plumbing”; “inept handling of the account”;
3. (adj.) inept, tactless;
- revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;
- “an inept remark”; “it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable”;
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16
07
2010
Adjectives
1. (adj.) oblivious, unmindful;
- (followed by `to’ or `of’) lacking conscious awareness of;
- “oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform”; “oblivious to the risks she ran”; “not unmindful of the heavy responsibility”;
2. (adj.) forgetful, oblivious;
- failing to keep in mind;
- “forgetful of her responsibilities”; “oblivious old age”;
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2010
Nouns
1. (n.) effort, exploit, feat;
- a notable achievement;
- “he performed a great feat”; “the book was her finest effort”;
Verbs
1. (verb) exploit, work;
- use or manipulate to one’s advantage;
- “He exploit the new taxation system”; “She knows how to work the system”; “he works his parents for sympathy”;
2. (verb) exploit, tap;
- draw from; make good use of;
- “we must exploit the resources we are given wisely”;
3. (verb) exploit, overwork;
- work excessively hard;
- “he is exploiting the students”;
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