| dragging | (adjective) marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner | - |
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| draggled | (adjective) limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud | Synonyms: bedraggled |
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| drained | (adjective) emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid) | - |
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| (adjective) extremely exhausted | Synonyms: knackered |
| (adjective) drained of electric charge; discharged | Synonyms: dead |
| draining | (adjective) having a debilitating effect | Synonyms: exhausting |
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| dramatic | (adjective) suitable to or characteristic of drama | - |
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| (adjective) used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style | - |
| (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of drama | - |
| (adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: spectacular, striking |
| dramaturgic | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgical |
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| dramaturgical | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgic |
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| draped | (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped |
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| (adjective) covered in folds of cloth | - |
| drastic | (adjective) forceful and extreme and rigorous | - |
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| draughty | (adjective) not airtight | Synonyms: drafty |
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| drawn | (adjective) having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut | - |
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| (adjective) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | Synonyms: careworn, haggard, raddled, worn |
| dread | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| dreaded | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| dreadful | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
| (adjective) extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
| dreamed | (adjective) conceived of or imagined or hoped for | - |
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| dreamless | (adjective) untroubled by dreams | - |
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| dreamlike | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: surreal |
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| dreamy | (adjective) dreamy in mood or nature | Synonyms: moony, woolgathering |
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| (adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, languorous |
| drear | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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| dreary | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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| (adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: drab |
| drenched | (adjective) abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | Synonyms: drenched in |
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| dress | (adjective) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes | Synonyms: full-dress |
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| (adjective) suitable for formal occasions | Synonyms: full-dress |
| dressed | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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| (adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: polished |
| (adjective) treated with medications and protective covering | - |
| (adjective) dressed in fancy or formal clothing | Synonyms: dolled up, dressed-up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up |
| dressy | (adjective) in fancy clothing | - |
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| dried | (adjective) not still wet | - |
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| (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: dehydrated, desiccated |
| drifting | (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant |
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| drilled | (adjective) trained in a skill by repetitious practice | - |
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| drinkable | (adjective) suitable for drinking | Synonyms: potable |
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| dripless | (adjective) designed to prevent dripping | - |
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| drippy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| (adjective) leaking in drops | - |
| (adjective) wet with light rain | Synonyms: drizzly |
| driven | (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, determined |
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| (adjective) compelled forcibly by an outside agency | Synonyms: goaded |
| (adjective) urged or forced to action through moral pressure | Synonyms: impelled |
| driving | (adjective) having the power of driving or impelling | Synonyms: impulsive |
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| (adjective) acting with vigor | - |
| drizzling | (adjective) (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops | - |
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| drizzly | (adjective) wet with light rain | Synonyms: drippy |
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| droll | (adjective) comical in an odd or whimsical manner | - |
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| drooping | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: droopy, sagging |
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| (adjective) weak from exhaustion | Synonyms: flagging |
| (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weeping |
| droopy | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: drooping, sagging |
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| dropping | (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: falling |
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| dropsical | (adjective) swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid | Synonyms: edematous |
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| drowsing | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsy |
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| drowsy | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsing |
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| (adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom | Synonyms: oscitant, yawning |
| drudging | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: laboring, labouring, toiling |
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| drugged | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, narcotised, narcotized |
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| drugless | (adjective) without the use of drugs | - |
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| drumhead | (adjective) performed speedily and without formality | Synonyms: summary |
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| drunk | (adjective) stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) | Synonyms: gone, inebriated, intoxicated, ripped |
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| (adjective) as if under the influence of alcohol | Synonyms: intoxicated |
| drunken | (adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: bibulous, boozy, sottish |
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| drupaceous | (adjective) of or related to a drupe | - |
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| dry | (adjective) free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet | - |
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| (adjective) not producing milk | - |
| (adjective) (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation | - |
| (adjective) opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages | - |
| (adjective) lacking moisture or volatile components | - |
| (adjective) without a mucous or watery discharge | - |
| (adjective) having a large proportion of strong liquor | - |
| (adjective) humorously sarcastic or mocking | Synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry |
| (adjective) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages | Synonyms: teetotal |
| (adjective) used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones | - |
| (adjective) not shedding tears | - |
| (adjective) lacking warmth or emotional involvement | - |
| (adjective) unproductive especially of the expected results | - |
| (adjective) lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless | Synonyms: juiceless |
| (adjective) (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish | - |
| (adjective) having no adornment or coloration | - |
| dual | (adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: double, duple |
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| (adjective) a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural) | - |
| (adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: double, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold |
| dualistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism | Synonyms: Manichaean |
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| dubious | (adjective) open to doubt or suspicion | Synonyms: doubtful, dubitable, in question |
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| (adjective) fraught with uncertainty or doubt | Synonyms: doubtful |
| (adjective) not convinced | - |
| dubitable | (adjective) open to doubt or suspicion | Synonyms: doubtful, dubious, in question |
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| ducal | (adjective) of or belonging to or suitable for a duke | - |
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| duckbill | (adjective) having a beak resembling that of a duck | Synonyms: duck-billed |
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| ductile | (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile |
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| (adjective) easily influenced | Synonyms: malleable |
| ductless | (adjective) not having a duct | - |
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| dud | (adjective) failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive | - |
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| due | (adjective) owed and payable immediately or on demand | - |
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| (adjective) suitable to or expected in the circumstances | - |
| (adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to | Synonyms: ascribable, imputable, referable |
| (adjective) scheduled to arrive | - |
| dulcet | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet |
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| (adjective) extremely pleasant in a gentle way | - |
| dull | (adjective) not having a sharp edge or point | - |
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| (adjective) emitting or reflecting very little light | - |
| (adjective) lacking in liveliness or animation | - |
| (adjective) not keenly felt | - |
| (adjective) darkened with overcast | Synonyms: leaden |
| (adjective) (of business) not active or brisk | Synonyms: slow, sluggish |
| (adjective) blunted in responsiveness or sensibility | - |
| (adjective) being or made softer or less loud or clear | Synonyms: muffled, muted, softened |
| (adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | Synonyms: dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow |
| (adjective) not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft | Synonyms: thudding |
| (adjective) (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted | - |
| (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
| dulled | (adjective) deprived of color | Synonyms: greyed |
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| (adjective) made dull or blunt | Synonyms: blunted |
| (adjective) having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure | Synonyms: benumbed |
| dumb | (adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | Synonyms: mute, silent |
| (adjective) temporarily incapable of speaking | Synonyms: speechless |
| (adjective) lacking the power of human speech | - |
| dumbfounded | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| dumbfounding | (adjective) bewildering or striking dumb with wonder | Synonyms: astounding, dumfounding |
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| dumbstricken | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| dumbstruck | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| dumfounded | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| dumfounding | (adjective) bewildering or striking dumb with wonder | Synonyms: astounding, dumbfounding |
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| dummy | (adjective) having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function | - |
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| dumpy | (adjective) resembling a garbage dump | - |
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| (adjective) short and plump | Synonyms: podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby |
| (adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy |
| dun | (adjective) of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color | - |
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| duncical | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| duncish | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| duodecimal | (adjective) based on twelve | - |
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| duodenal | (adjective) in or relating to the duodenum | - |
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| duple | (adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: double, dual |
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| duplex | (adjective) allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously | - |
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| (adjective) (used technically of a device or process) having two parts | - |
| duplicable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicatable |
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| duplicatable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicable |
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| duplicate | (adjective) being two identical | Synonyms: matching, twin, twinned |
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| (adjective) identically copied from an original | - |
| duplicitous | (adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, Janus-faced, two-faced |
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| durable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable |
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| (adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived |
| (adjective) capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay | Synonyms: long-wearing |
| dural | (adjective) of or relating to the dura mater | - |
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| dusky | (adjective) naturally having skin of a dark color | Synonyms: dark-skinned, swart, swarthy |
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| (adjective) lighted by or as if by twilight | Synonyms: twilight, twilit |
| dustlike | (adjective) as fine and powdery as dust | - |
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| dusty | (adjective) covered with a layer of dust | Synonyms: dust-covered |
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| (adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: cold, moth-eaten, stale |
| duteous | (adjective) willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect | Synonyms: dutiful |
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| dutiable | (adjective) subject to import tax | - |
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| dutiful | (adjective) willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect | Synonyms: duteous |
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| dwarfish | (adjective) atypically small | - |
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| dwindling | (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains | Synonyms: tapering, tapering off |
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| dyadic | (adjective) of or relating to a dyad or based on two | - |
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| dyed | (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: bleached, colored, coloured |
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| dying | (adjective) in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be | - |
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| (adjective) eagerly desirous | Synonyms: anxious |
| dynamic | (adjective) characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality | Synonyms: dynamical |
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| (adjective) (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being | Synonyms: active |
| (adjective) of or relating to dynamics | - |
| dynamical | (adjective) characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality | Synonyms: dynamic |
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| dynastic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty | - |
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| dysfunctional | (adjective) impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ | - |
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| (adjective) (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose | Synonyms: nonadaptive |
| dysgenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: cacogenic |
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