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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| weakness | /x | Noun, Noun |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| declining | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| regressing | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| refusing | x/x | Verb |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| attempting | x/x | Verb |
| unable | x/x | Adjective |
| neglecting | x/x | Verb |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| miserably | /xxx | Adverb |
| inability | xx/xx | Noun |
| succeeding | x/x | Verb |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| unwilling | x/x | Adjective |
| dismally | /xx | Adverb |
| helping | /x | Verb |
| forcing | /x | Verb |
| striving | /x | Noun |
| losing | /x | Verb |
| adequately | /xxx | Adverb |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| wanting | /x | Verb |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| abandoning | x/xx | Verb |
| needing | /x | Verb |
| malfunctioning | x/xx | Noun |
| comply | x/ | Verb |
| properly | /xx | Adverb |
| cannot | /x | Adjective |
| missing | /x | Verb |
| dying | /x | Verb |
| continuing | x/xx | Verb |
| punish | /x | Verb |
| revive | x/ | Verb |
| sabotaging | /xxx | Verb |
| desperately | /xxx | Adverb |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| chastise | x/ | Verb |
| improve | x/ | Verb |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| disqualify | x/xx | Verb |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| resurrect | xx/ | Verb |
| collapsing | x/x | Verb |
| evade | x/ | Verb |
| able | /x | Adjective |
| underperforming | /xxxx | Adjective |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| stop | / | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| jeopardizing | /xxx | Verb |
| successfully | x/xx | Adverb |
| misbehaving | xx/x | Noun |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| lagging | /x | Noun |
| scrambling | /xx | Verb |
| reinvigorate | xx/xx | Verb |
| compensate | /xx | Verb |
| crashing | /x | Verb |
| sufficient | x/x | Adjective |
| uphold | x/ | Verb |
| risking | /x | Verb |
| resuscitate | x/xx | Verb |
| impeding | x/x | Verb |
| going | /x | Verb |
| penalize | /xx | Verb |
| rectify | /xx | Verb |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| forgetting | x/x | Verb |
| supposed | x/ | Verb |
| obliged | x/ | Verb |
| fault | / | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| lacking | /x | Verb |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| demerit | x/x | Noun |
| weakling | /x | Noun |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| defaulting | x/x | Noun |
| impairing | x/x | Verb |
| defect | /x | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| fritz | / | Name |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| wasting | /x | Noun |
| blemish | /x | Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| worse | / | Adjective |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| defective | x/x | Adjective |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| misfit | /x | Noun |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective |
| weakest link | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb |
| said | / | Verb |
| eyesight | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| myocardium | xx/xx | Noun |
| stochastically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| negligent | /xx | Verb |
| myocytes | xxx | Noun |
| main | / | Adjective |
| health | / | Noun |
| princely | /x | Adverb |
| major | /x | Adjective |
| moral | /x | Adjective |
| castigated | /xxx | Verb |
| willfully | /xx | Adverb |
| ventricle | x/x | Noun |
| biggest | /x | Adjective |
| criticizes | /xxx | Verb |
| criticised | /xx | Verb |
| berated | x/x | Verb |
| grades | / | Noun |
| fairness | /x | Noun |
| breached | / | Verb |
| erred | / | Verb |
| censured | /x | Verb |
| academically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| exams | x/ | Noun |
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| accompanist | x/xx | Noun |
| advertiser | /xxx | Noun |
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| albums | /x | Noun |
| backer | /x | Noun |
| biographer | x/xx | Noun |
| blame | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| buoyant | /x | Adjective |
| chronicler | /xx | Noun |
| comforters | /xx | Noun |
| commentator | /xxx | Noun |
| confidant | /xx | Noun |
| confidante | /xx | Noun |
| critic | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crumbling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| defeat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| deficit | /xx | Noun |
| delinquent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| disregarding | xx/x | Adverb |
| doctors | /x | Adverb |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| encouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| enfeebled | x/x | Adjective |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| expositor | xx/x | Noun |
| fatigue | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| groat | / | Noun |
| ignoring | x/x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| inexhaustible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inordinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| irresistible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| lacuna | x/x | Noun |
| latent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| leaving | /x | Noun |
| likely | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| limitless | /xx | Adjective |
| loophole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mighty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| misconduct | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| omitting | x/x | Noun |
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| overlooking | /xxx | Adjective |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| perfection | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| qualifying | /xxx | Noun |
| refraining | x/x | Noun |
| sagging | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| senile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| shortfall | /x | Noun |
| tragic flaw | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
