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Adjectives are just one of several different types of noun modifiers, typically used to premodify or describe a noun. Do not confuse adjectives with nouns used attributively to modify other nouns. Adjectives have comparative and superlative degrees, can be used as predicate adjectives in copulae, and can themselves be modified by intensifiers and adverbs but not by other adjectives. Nouns in attribution fail all those tests.
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Adjective for something that puts you on edge?
Unnerving?
1: to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness
2: to cause to become nervous : upset
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Word for large, short, wide, roundish, fat bottle
I would describe it as squat:
b : marked by disproportionate shortness or thickness
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Correct adjectival form of the word "disperse"
I believe dispersive is your best bet:
1: of or relating to dispersion a dispersive medium, the dispersive
power of a lens
2: tending to disperse
So you'd have
A significant majority of …
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A word for something that is both useful and beautiful
Could it be described as an elegant solution or an engineering marvel?
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Newest/latest/last version of a product
Latest and newest are synonymous; last implies that there is a newer version available than the one available at the link. Grammatically speaking, they are all correct but carry two meanings among th …
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What's the adjective to the word "sibling"
Your native speaker is right about sibling relationship.
If you want to talk about the relationship between brothers, there's fraternal.
Conversely, sororal is used for sisters.
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A word that describes a process that can be both good and bad
How about twofold:
: having two parts or aspects
The idiom cuts both ways may be a better fit:
to have both advantages and disadvantages
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Can we use "use unfriendly" as an adjective?
How about "this item is user-hostile", which Wiktionary defines as "Difficult to use, especially for an untrained user."?
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Corresponding Descriptive Word For Unable To Distinguish Flavors
I'd like to suggest palate-dull where palate is
b : the sense of taste
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What does "ingenuous" mean?
Here is yet another from M-W:
1 free from any intent to deceive or impress others
ex: photographs that
capture the ingenuous smiles of young children at play
Synonyms: artless, genuine, …
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Simple English for "filling hunger"
How about hearty?
b (2) : abundant, rich, or flavorful
enough to satisfy the appetite
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Word to express a building's potential to be guarded against a forced exit
You might say locked down or impenetrable, though I think fortified works for getting out as well as getting in.
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Does the sentence "His confident visage hid insecurity" make sense?
It is correct, although I'd suggest a minor edit along the lines of:
His confident visage hid (or masked) his insecurity (or insecurities).
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Literal antonym to "Outspoken"
I'd suggest taciturn:
: temperamentally disinclined to talk
or even closemouthed:
: cautious in speaking : uncommunicative; also : secretive
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