lucrative
adjectiveProducing substantial financial gain.
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Clear all filtersProducing substantial financial gain.
An emphasis on possessions and physical comfort; in philosophy, the view that reality is fundamentally material.
Priority given to possessions
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Only moderate in quality; not especially good.
Requiring little skill and traditionally assigned low status.
Appearing casually calm or unconcerned.
A person who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or patterns of behavior.
Person departing from convention
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Not aligned with or favoring a political party.
New or unusually original.
Grossly offensive or indecent, especially in language or sexual expression.
Present everywhere, or seeming to be encountered everywhere.
So clear or strong that it is readily perceived; literally, able to be touched.
Readily perceived
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Strongly favoring a particular side, group, or cause.
Seriously harmful, especially in a gradual or less obvious way.
Seriously harmful
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To relate to or concern something, usually in the phrase pertain to.
To make an earnest or formal request, especially to someone in authority.
Crucially important to the development or outcome of something.
Crucially important
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Deeply affecting, often with sadness or tenderness.
To express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
Planned or considered in advance, especially before a wrongful act.
To prove stronger or more successful, or to be generally present.
Win or prove stronger
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Most widespread, influential, or commonly accepted at the time.
Offensive or irreverent language, especially swearing.
Generally supposed or claimed to be so, without certainty.
To formally withdraw a previously stated belief or claim.
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