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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| bad off | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| badly off | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| cursed | / | Verb |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| sour | /x | Adjective |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| stigmatized | /xx | Verb |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| handicapped | /xx | Noun |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| difficile | /xx | Noun |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| thwart | / | Verb |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| under the weather | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| discouraged | x/x | Verb |
| scuffed | / | Adjective |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| sleazy | /x | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| unfulfilled | xx/ | Adjective |
| screwed up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| marred | / | Verb |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| stumped | / | Verb |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| stranded | /x | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| messed up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| perdu | x/ | Noun |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| worn out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| aground | x/ | Adverb |
| streaked | / | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| stuffed | / | Adjective |
| testing | /x | Noun |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| sickly | /x | Adjective |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| scrappy | /x | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| graceless | /x | Adjective |
| checkered | /x | Adjective |
| crestfallen | /xx | Adjective |
| disappointed | xx/x | Verb |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| pinched | / | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| worse for wear | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| minus | /x | Noun |
| hard of hearing | ///x | Phrase, Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| corrupted | x/x | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
