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\t\t\t\tI grabbed a few words from today’s 1000 random words<\/a><\/strong> and tried to get some writing energies going. it didn’t really work but here it is anyway. Just tried to think of as many synonyms as I could, filling\u00a03 lines. Those 3 lines become 4 lines when moved from MS Word to WordPress. I could think of few real synonyms for Eugene Ormandy, though there might be had I known anything about his character. I think he was a conductor once described to me as feared<\/em>, but what great conductor wasn’t?<\/p>\n

Purposeless
\n<\/a><\/strong>Inane. Directionless. Without intent. Lacking direction. Idle. Going nowhere. Doing nothing. No reason. Unused. Forgotten. Waiting. Undervalued. Inopportune. Loitering. Sedate. Immobile. Stranded. Broken. Underutilized. Dead. Mute. Buried. Unneeded. Bored. Desiring. Emptied. Torpor.<\/p>\n

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Interesting to consider differences between purposeless objects and purposeless human beings. A purposeless object has no potential, whereas a human being with no assigned function is the opposite. To call an individual purposeless is not to say they are useless, but a purposeless object could more likely reach that threshold.<\/div><\/div>\n

Terse<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Brief. Succinct. Chipper. Wit. Witty. Poetry. Dry. Funny. Precise. Pithy. To the point. Not pompous. Acerbic. Wisdom. Maxim. Quotation. Dorothy Parker. Robert Lax. Yoko Ono. Glib. Wry. Pointed. Poignant. Flippant. Sarcastic. Controlled. Exact. Encomium. Panegyric. Resonant.<\/p>\n

Anticosmetic<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Naked. Bare. Ascetic. Genuine. Real. Blunt. Authentic. Literal. Nude. Wiped. Stripped. Natural. Organic. Unpolished. Guttural. Droll. Unflattering. Undoctored. Ugly. Beautiful. Filthy. Dirty. Unkempt. Unbathed. <\/u>Pig Pen. Matthew McConaughey. Vulgar. Bereft. Unmollified. Unsoftened. Attacked. Injured. Damaged.<\/p>\n

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My first approach to this word was to invoke those opposed to cosmetic companies’ use of animal testing but I don’t know enough about that activist scene to fill three lines with prescient words. The definition of this word suggests that anticosmetic acts are deliberate attempts to destroy beauty but I would think that avoidance of and\/or deliberate aversion to beauty is in the same spirit. It sounds like a political party. Meet Senator Jones, running for president on the Anticosmetic ticket.<\/div><\/div>\n

Eugene Ormandy<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Finlandia. Philadelphia. Conductor. Rachmaninoff. Vladimir Horowitz. Concerto. Academy of Music. LP Records. Thrift Shops. Beethoven. Hungary. Hungarian. Bartok. Liszt. Control. Master. Leader. Authority. Baton. Orchestra. Gesticulation. Mannerisms. Herbert von Karajan. Leonard Bernstein. Sibelius.<\/p>\n

Unquenchableness<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Insatiable. Bottomless. Needy. Desirous. Complaining. Thirsting. Hungering. Dry. Parched. Acrid. Consuming. Inhaling. Ingesting. Devouring. Relentless. Unrequitable. Craving. Desiring more. Wanting. Starved. Feed it. Feed the machine. Hungry. Chewing. Masticating. Uncomfortable. Panicked. Dying.<\/p>\n

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A lot of unpleasant associations come from considering this word: Needy people; individuals incapable of happiness; those whose emotional needs could never be met. With certain family members I felt unqualified to handle their emotional outlays, and in fact it was dangerous for me to attempt as any guidance or advice (should it even be contemplated) would be bad.<\/div><\/div>\n

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