Definition Dictionary

Having an effect that works against the intended goal.

Having a rural style or character; sometimes used critically to mean unsophisticated.

Grossly insensitive, coarse, or unrefined.

Worthy of belief or trust.

Too ready to believe what one is told.

To shrink back in fear or discomfort, or behave with excessive submission.

A standard or condition used to judge, select, or decide something.

Of decisive importance to a result or decision.

The central and most important point of an issue.

The final or highest point of a process.

Responsibility for wrongdoing or blame.

Deserving blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

A constructed channel or passage that carries water beneath a road or similar barrier.

Increasing or developing as successive additions or effects build on one another.

To restrain, limit, or keep something under control.

The subjects, learning goals, and planned course of study offered by an educational program.

Hasty and not attentive to detail.

To reduce, restrict, or bring to an earlier end.

Following an established habit or usual practice.

Distrustful of people's sincerity and inclined to assume selfish motives.

A standstill caused by opposing sides that cannot reach agreement.

Open to reasonable disagreement or uncertainty.

To weaken strength or the ability to function.

Seriously weakening strength or ability.