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debacle
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a complete collapse or failure
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debilitate
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to make weak or feeble; enfeeble
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tumultuous
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marked by disturbance and uproar
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anachronistic
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out of order
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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redolent
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having a pleasant odor
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate
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archaic
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marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated
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prescience
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knowledge of things before they exist or happen
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship
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temporal
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of or pertaining to time
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soporific
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causing or tending to cause sleep
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prosaic
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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative
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vapid
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lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor
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brevity
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shortness of time or duration; briefness
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hackneyed
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made commonplace or trite
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insipid
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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities
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banal
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devoid of freshness or originality
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austere
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severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding
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portent
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an indication or omen of something about to happen
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