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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| faulty | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| malfunctioning | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bad | / | Noun, Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| nonfunctional | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| defect | /x | Noun |
| damage | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective |
| misshapen | x/x | Adjective |
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| substandard | x/x | Adjective |
| flawed | / | Adjective, Verb |
| improper | x/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| leaky | /x | Adjective |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| inferior | x/xx | Adjective |
| impaired | x/ | Verb |
| replacement | x/x | Noun |
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unusable | x/xx | Adjective |
| deficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| repairable | x/xx | Adjective |
| misaligned | xx/ | Adjective |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective |
| invalid | /xx | Noun |
| negligent | /xx | Adjective |
| warped | / | Adjective |
| unsafe | x/ | Adjective |
| inoperable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| wrong | / | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| malformed | x/ | Adjective |
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective |
| unreliable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| incomplete | xx/ | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| mismatched | x/ | Adjective |
| unsound | x/ | Adjective |
| incompatible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fault | / | Noun |
| deformed | x/ | Adjective |
| corrupted | x/x | Adjective |
| worthless | /x | Adjective |
| unfit | x/ | Adjective |
| abnormality | xx/xx | Noun |
| suboptimal | xxxx | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| defiant | x/x | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| chipped | / | Adjective |
| lacking | /x | Verb |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| unwholesome | x/x | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective |
| trick | / | Noun |
| tainted | /x | Verb |
| incorrigible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crazy | /x | Adjective |
| wanting | /x | Verb |
| defiled | x/ | Verb |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| unfaithful | x/x | Adjective |
| delinquent | x/x | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| lame | / | Noun |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| infirm | x/ | Noun |
| duff | / | Noun |
| devoid | x/ | Noun |
| dead | / | Adjective |
| sinful | /x | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| screwed up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| irreparable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| delusional | x/xx | Adjective |
| truncated | /xx | Adjective |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| pathological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| valueless | /xx | Adjective |
| malodorous | x/xx | Adjective |
| hazarded | /xx | Verb |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective |
| fallacious | x/x | Adjective |
| cursed | / | Verb |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| mutant | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective |
| fallen | /x | Verb |
| handicapped | /xx | Noun |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tortious | /x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| derelict | /xx | Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| aureus | /xx | Verb |
| replication | xx/x | Verb |
| chemotaxis | /x/x | Noun |
| coli | /x | Verb |
| myelination | /xx/x | Noun |
| spermatogenesis | //x/xx | Noun |
| phagocytosis | /xx/x | Noun |
| mineralization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| eyesight | /x | Noun |
| newborns | /x | Noun |
| simplex | /x | Verb |
| retrovirus | xx/x | Noun |
| flue | / | Noun |
| fibrinolysis | /x/xx | Noun |
| phage | / | Noun |
| gaskets | /x | Noun |
| morally | /xx | Adverb |
| thermostat | /xx | Noun |
| gene | / | Noun |
| brakes | / | Noun |
| virions | /xx | Noun |
| welds | / | Noun |
| apoptosis | xx/x | Noun |
| fuses | /x | Noun |
| acidification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| marred | / | Verb |
| biosynthesis | /x/xx | Noun |
| catabolism | x/xxx | Noun |
| merchandise | /xx | Noun |
| ossification | xxx/x | Noun |
| allele | x/x | Noun |
| absorptive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| blockages | /xx | Noun |
| buyer | /x | Noun |
| cogs | / | Noun |
| defaced | x/ | Verb |
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun |
| dependent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| derived | x/ | Adjective |
| deteriorated | x/xxxx | Verb |
| disabled | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| disordered | x/x | Adjective |
| disrepair | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| distorted | x/x | Verb |
| endogenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| enhance | x/ | Verb |
| enzyme | /x | Noun |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fabricated | /xxx | Adjective |
| failed | / | Adjective |
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| glycolytic | /x/x | Adjective |
| hemoglobin | xx/x | Noun |
| hollow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| hurdle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| illness | /x | Noun |
| illnesses | /xx | Noun |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inhibited | x/xx | Adjective |
| integral | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| irregular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| lytic | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| mistaken | x/x | Adjective |
| nonessential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| nutrients | /xx | Noun |
| parts | / | Noun |
| percent | x/ | Noun, Adverb |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| reservations | xx/x | Noun |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective |
| roadblock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| sewage | /x | Noun |
| sewerage | /xx | Noun |
| spoilt | / | Adjective |
| stale | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| subnormal | //x | Adjective, Noun |
| tara | /x | Name |
| torn | / | Adjective |
| uneven | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unimpaired | xx/ | Adjective |
| vitiated | /xxx | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
