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rummageto search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them.
(She rummaged through all the drawers, looking for a pen.) -
inquisitivenessthe quality of wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people.
(I got my sense of inquisitiveness from my father.) -
tamperto touch or make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it
(For example, her car brakes were tampered with and she suspects him.) -
to no availwithout any success or any effect
(The students asked the school to help them raise the money but to no avail.) -
anthropogeniccaused by humans or their activities
(There are many well-known cases where pollution is caused by anthropogenic emissions of chemicals.)
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