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Bandy

A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.

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Unfit 84% connected

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unfit 84% connected

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Broader term 5

Contend 76% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fight 76% connected

To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Struggle 76% connected

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Shuttlecock 76% connected

A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Synonym 3

Bandy-legged 92% connected

Having crooked legs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bowed 92% connected

of Bow

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bowleg 92% connected

A crooked leg.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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