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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| loser | /x | Noun |
| success | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| winner | /x | Verb, Noun |
| failing | /x | Verb |
| inability | xx/xx | Noun |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| malfunction | x/x | Noun |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| downfall | /x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun |
| collapse | x/ | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun |
| unwillingness | x/xx | Noun |
| defect | /x | Noun |
| ineptitude | x/xx | Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| triumph | /x | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| neglect | x/ | Noun |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| rejection | x/x | Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| ineffectiveness | xx/xx | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun |
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| dissatisfaction | xxx/x | Noun |
| reluctance | x/x | Noun |
| mistake | x/ | Noun |
| mismanagement | x/xx | Noun |
| delay | x/ | Noun |
| defeat | x/ | Noun |
| succeed | x/ | Verb |
| sabotage | /xx | Noun |
| unavailability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| incompetence | x/xx | Noun |
| implosion | x/x | Noun |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun |
| meltdown | /x | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| violation | xx/x | Noun |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective |
| successes | x/x | Noun |
| attempt | x/ | Noun |
| malfeasance | x/x | Noun |
| disillusionment | xx/xx | Noun |
| blunder | /x | Noun |
| negligence | /xx | Noun |
| successful | x/x | Adjective |
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| disconnection | xx/x | Noun |
| misstep | x/ | Noun |
| miss | / | Name |
| foil | / | Noun |
| underachievement | /xx/x | Noun |
| noncompliance | xx/x | Noun |
| nonuse | x/ | Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| nonperformance | xx/x | Noun |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| misfit | /x | Noun |
| nonconformity | xx/xx | Noun |
| slippage | /x | Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| default | x/ | Noun |
| heart attack | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| displeasure | x/x | Noun |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| dystopia | //xx | Noun |
| fallout | /x | Noun |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| false economy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| washout | /x | Noun |
| damage | /x | Noun |
| disagreement | xx/x | Noun |
| congestive | x/x | Adjective |
| premature | xx/ | Adverb |
| acute | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| heart | / | Adjective, Verb |
| fulminant | /xx | Adjective |
| reciprocity | xx/xx | Adjective |
| decompensated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fatigue | x/ | Adjective |
| renal | /x | Adjective |
| thrive | / | Verb |
| multisystem | /xxx | Adjective |
| ventilatory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| organ | /x | Adjective |
| graft | / | Adjective |
| respiratory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| hepatomegaly | x/xxxx | Adverb |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| cardiac | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| circulatory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| liver | /x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cardiorespiratory | xxx/xxxx | Adjective |
| comply | x/ | Verb |
| hepatosplenomegaly | xx//xxxx | Adverb |
| abject | /x | Adjective |
| gonadal | /xx | Adjective |
| hepatic | x/x | Adjective |
| erectile | x/x | Adjective |
| brittle | /x | Adjective |
| arrhythmias | x/xx | Noun |
| kidney | /x | Adjective |
| ovarian | x/xx | Adjective |
| sided | /x | Adjective |
| tensile | /x | Adjective |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| ovulatory | xxxxx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| ductile | /x | Adjective |
| repeated | x/x | Adjective |
| sepsis | /x | Noun |
| flexural | //x | Adjective |
| blame | / | Noun |
| encephalopathy | xxx/xx | Noun |
| shear | / | Adjective |
| cirrhosis | x/x | Noun |
| abnormality | xx/xx | Noun |
| abortion | x/x | Noun |
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| abstention | x/x | Noun |
| achiever | x/x | Noun |
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun |
| aground | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| anomaly | x/xx | Noun |
| autotrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| backsliding | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| backwardness | /xx | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| bankruptcy | /xx | Noun |
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blackout | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakage | /x | Noun |
| breakup | /x | Noun |
| bug | / | Noun, Verb |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carelessness | /xx | Noun |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| chess | / | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| compute | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| contempt | x/ | Noun |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| contravention | xx/x | Noun |
| counting | /x | Noun |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dearth | / | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| deficiencies | x/xx | Noun |
| deficit | /xx | Noun |
| deformation | xx/x | Noun |
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun |
| demoralization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| denial | x/x | Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| dereliction | xx/x | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| deviation | xx/x | Noun |
| diffusive | x/x | Adjective |
| disabilities | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disablement | x/xx | Noun |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| discomfiture | x/xx | Noun |
| discordance | x/x | Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| disregard | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| disrespect | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| disruption | x/x | Noun |
| done | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| dud | / | Noun, Adjective |
| dumb | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| dysfunction | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| entrapment | x/x | Noun |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| exhaustion | x/x | Noun |
| fact | / | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| falla | /x | Name |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| flaw | / | Noun, Verb |
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| forbearance | x/x | Noun |
| founder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fracture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| glitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| helplessness | /xx | Noun |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| imperfection | xx/x | Noun |
| impotence | /xx | Noun |
| inactivity | xx/xx | Noun |
| incapacitation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| incapacity | xx/xx | Noun |
| incentive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| inertia | x/x | Noun |
| infirmity | x/xx | Noun |
| infringement | x/x | Noun |
| insolvency | x/xx | Noun |
| interruption | xx/x | Noun |
| invalidity | /x/xx | Noun |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| lack | / | Noun, Verb |
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| lax | / | Adjective, Noun |
| lognormal | //x | Adjective, Noun |
| loophole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| loose | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| malformation | xx/x | Noun |
| miscarriage | x/x | Noun |
| misconduct | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| naught | / | Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| never | /x | Adverb |
| nonpayment | x/x | Noun |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| oblivion | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| offence | x/ | Noun |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| outage | /x | Noun |
| oversight | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| pass | / | Verb, Noun |
| passivity | x/xx | Noun |
| paucity | /xx | Noun |
| powerlessness | /xxx | Noun |
| pronouncement | x/x | Noun |
| quiet | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| quit | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
