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I'm looking for the descriptive word of small group with a special language
The most relevant and appropriate word has a syllabic rhyming similarity (which may explain your confusion) to your first thought of “sartorial”. It is argot.
Cambridge
argot
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The quality of being apologetic
I think a good possibility is the word remorse:
"The prevalent tones in this text area: sadness, anger and remorse."
Then there is repentance:
"The prevalent tones in this text area: ...
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The quality of being apologetic
Neither 'apologism' nor 'apologeticness' is part of either lexico's or dictionary.com's word list.
However, on Wiktionary the word apologeticness has the exact meaning you're looking for:
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Is there a single word for "deep-sea exploration/diving"?
A technical term used for the deep sea diving and exploration within the jargon of the deep sea branch of oceanography is benthic exploration. I've found this term used in various sources about ...
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Word Hunt: A Collection of Lessons, but a subset of a Course?
Sections or Units are commonly used in grade schools
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What is the name of the job who represents a family trust to manage fixed assets
Some suggestions:
(Property) manager
a person who conducts business or household affairs
(Property) administrator
a person legally vested with the right of administration of an estate
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What's a single word for experience that is not extensive or deep?
Consider introductory, which means "serving as an introduction", with "introduction" in the sense of
A course of study preliminary and preparatory to some special study; matter ...
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What's a single word for experience that is not extensive or deep?
You could describe your experience as Basic:
constituting or serving as the basis or starting point
from m-w.com
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What's a single word for experience that is not extensive or deep?
Apprentice.
I would use it has a sort of compound word to communicate the concept clearly:
"I have had apprentice-level experience with the challenges of mobilization."
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What's a single word for experience that is not extensive or deep?
Shallow -> MW -. : lacking in depth of knowledge, thought, or feeling.
Superficial ->MW 2a: concerned only with the obvious or apparent : SHALLOW
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What is the hypernym for "next" and "previous"?
I just want to add my 2 cents even if it is so much later. The umbrella word would be "Navigation", but...
TR:DR - Use "Neighbors" if you only peek at data, use "PrevNext&...
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One-syllable word/adjective for 'receives little attention'
In addition to the past-tense-used-as-adjectives from the verbs in dubious's answer, there's also "shunned".
But all of these carry emotional baggage. If there was no particular reason for ...
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One-syllable word/adjective for 'receives little attention'
The following verbs, although not exact matches, are single-syllable (but not when put in your sentence):
shirk
skip
skimp
spurn
scorn
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What's an eponymous adjective that is an antonym of Machiavellian?
Lincolnian
Abraham Lincoln was a moral and virtous leader, but also a strategic and cunning commander in chief. He assembled a “team of rivals”, which indicates a willingness to entertain opposing ...
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What is the term for belief that economic outcomes are entirely deserved?
I believe you are looking for distributive justice and the explanation with an example in Wikipedia seals the deal:
Distributive justice concerns the socially just allocation of resources. Often ...
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Single word: Happiness caused by ones own misfortune
There are two neologisms derived from schadenfreude for the happiness/joy from (caused by) one's own misfortune:
autoschadenfreude
selbstschadenfreude
They are used or discussed in various online ...
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What to call a field that the farmer let nature reclaim for becoming more fertile?
fallow
adjective:
(of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production: incentives for farmers to let land ...
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Is there a synonym for voyeuristic without a sexual connotation?
I suspect the OP is trying to refer to a topic that arouses excessive or improper interest. While the viewer might be voyeuristic, or the person of interest exhibitionist, these words are wrong for ...
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What is the word to describe the sudden emotional shift from being motivated towards sorrow?
It seems to me that he became deflated:
feeling less confident and positive than before:
Her criticism left me feeling a bit deflated.
Similar definitions are available from Collins Dictionary, ...
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Is there a word that means "like a cathedral"?
Cathedralesque is indeed a word and it is listed in OED.
adj. like a cathedral.
I've even found an example similar to yours:
One of the many astonishing things about Die Meistersinger is how the ...
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Is there a single word for "of varying heights"?
The most basic word I can think of is "multileveled", but this may or may not work well depending on the context is and what your needs are.
Are you trying to be more concise to make a ...
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English word used in novels/movies/tv shows that means "a series within a series"?
Some words that come to mind are Saga, Trilogy, Quintet, Mythos, Story, Chronicle, Book, or Iliad. My first pick would be the word "Saga"
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Asking a debate participant for consent to use their audio recordings, video recordings, debate notes etc for educational purposes,
I think just the term "recordings" alone fits well here. Written notes are a type of recording, and I'm pretty sure most people would agree that they fit under that umbrella term.
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What is a word that also means "cascadingly"?
There's some critical ambiguity in that phrasing with the word "cascadingly".
Does it mean that the TTL controller will...
delete things in order of hierarchy such that the lowest items
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Real word for "patternistic"?
How about recurring?
recurring/rɪˈkəːrɪŋ/
adjective
: occurring again periodically or repeatedly.
'gratitude is a recurring theme in the book'
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Which type of phrase is "Let's go, Brandon"?
Such a phrase may be called a euphemism. For example, you could say, "On Sunday, Senator X was seen wearing a baseball cap displaying the euphemistic political slogan, "Let's go, Brandon.&...
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An expression to describe a person who ensures members of a group receive less favourable treatment
Or, even consider the casual, "If Mama not happy, ain't nobody happy."
Although origin & first-use seem lost to history, I've heard it all my life here in America. Used as friendly, ...
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What term would be most appropriate for a secluded passage/courtyard?
These places in the UK are usually known as "yards":
OED
1.a. A comparatively small uncultivated area attached to a house or other building or enclosed by it; esp. such an area surrounded ...
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What term would be most appropriate for a secluded passage/courtyard?
If it is a yard rather than an alley, a non-publicly accessed courtyard may be referred to in Scotland (and other places, according to the Cambridge definition) as a court
Cambridge
court:
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What is a more formal synonym of Catch-22?
It's a specific kind of paradox. I think that's as close as you will get to an alternative. – Joachim Nov 9, 2019 at 16:44
Paradox:
OED
2.a. An apparently absurd or self-contradictory statement or ...
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Word for something untouchable and ephemeral that is beautiful
Ethereal comes to mind. While it doesn't include the meaning of "transience", it does include "untouchable" and "beautiful":
ethereal sounds, qualities etc have a ...
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Word for something untouchable and ephemeral that is beautiful
Would the word evanescent fit your requirements?
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/evanescent
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What is a word for ‘not-fitting’?
How about dis-ease - absence of ease; uneasiness, discomfort; inconvenience, annoyance; disquiet, disturbance; trouble.
This usage, which predates the common current meaning ('illness'), was for long ...
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What is a word for ‘not-fitting’?
Surprised not to see unfit.
As in: "this is plain unfit for service." Or often used in farm grade products, but could be used in a social situation.
unfit for human consumption
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Word for something untouchable and ephemeral that is beautiful
Ephemeral can capture the sense of beauty and lasting for a short time in the context. It also has the exact sense for your example sentence.
: something that lasts for a very short time : something ...
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When a disability is seen as a good thing
There is no such word or term and I don't believe there ever will be.
I do believe the reason for that is that everyone knows disability is only ever a good thing if, for instance, a disabling wound ...
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What is a word for thinking that there is a word for any concept/idea
There are words for everything that we need a word for. If there is no word, then the concept/item/action/nuance is provided by a descriptive phrase, clause, etc.
In British English, the commonest ...
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A word for the application of a solution to an altogether different problem
Accomodation
The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; - followed by to.
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Is there an adjective for "opportunistic" that lacks its connotation of amorality?
To Capitalize on opportunities
.
take the chance to gain advantage from.
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Seeking a word with specific connotations of excessive, unashamed hypocrisy
shameless and undisguised; barefaced.
BALD-FACED
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Is there a single word that means "almost certainly (but not technically 100%)"?
VIRTUALLY
ADVERB
1 as submodifier Nearly; almost.
Source: Lexico
As in the statement “I am virtually certain.”
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What do you call someone who doesn't observe details?
I doubt anyone will say it but it is perfect
SLAPDASH
done too hurriedly and carelessly.
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Word that means 'speak comfortingly/reassuringly'?
ENCOURAGINGLY
adverb. /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋli/ /ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋli/ in a way that gives somebody support, courage or hope.
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Is there a word that means both "listen" and "read"?
TO ATTEND TO
1 : to direct one's attention : see —used with to I'll attend to [=deal with] that myself. 2 : to apply oneself attend to your work. 3 : to apply the mind or pay attention : heed attend ...
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What is a word for ‘not-fitting’?
I suggest "incompatibility."
I feel that I am not fitting within this social group. The incompatibility might be due to social anxiety.
An example sentence from the definition page:
The ...
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Describe someone/entity who acted carelessly because of success
COCKY
conceited or arrogant, especially in a bold or impudent way.
Or Emboldened
give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something or to behave in a certain way.
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What's the one-word for a plan which is always discussed and planned but it never happens?
VELLEITY
a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
‘the notion intrigued me, but remained a velleity’
Definition supplied by Lexico
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What is the best adjective to describe when a flag is flying perpendicularly like in this image?
UNFURLED
make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind.
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What is a word for thinking that there is a word for any concept/idea
I would suggest a Greek-based option:
monolexigouria (mono (one, alone) + lexi (word) + sigouria (confidence)
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