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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| deficiency | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| worthlessness | /xx | Noun |
| ineffectiveness | xx/xx | Noun |
| unworthiness | x/xx | Noun |
| helplessness | /xx | Noun |
| shortcomings | /xx | Noun |
| uselessness | /xx | Noun |
| ineptitude | x/xx | Noun |
| powerlessness | /xxx | Noun |
| unreliability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| dissatisfaction | xxx/x | Noun |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| inappropriateness | xx/xxx | Noun |
| smallness | /x | Noun |
| unsuitability | x/x/xx | Noun |
| weakness | /x | Noun |
| inferiority | xxx/xx | Noun |
| shortfalls | /x | Noun |
| incompleteness | xx/x | Noun |
| insecurity | xx/xx | Noun |
| lack | / | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| incongruence | x/xx | Noun |
| incompetence | x/xx | Noun |
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun |
| impotence | /xx | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| unpopularity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| inaccessibility | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| feebleness | /xx | Noun |
| incompetency | x/xxx | Noun |
| unreasonableness | x/xxx | Noun |
| unfamiliarity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| failings | /x | Noun |
| wrongness | /x | Noun |
| futility | x/xx | Noun |
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun |
| insensitivity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| unavailability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| inapplicability | x/xx/xx | Noun |
| diffidence | /xx | Noun |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
| disinterest | x/xx | Noun |
| wretchedness | /xx | Noun |
| indifference | x/xx | Noun |
| mismanagement | x/xx | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| alienation | xxx/x | Noun |
| slowness | /x | Noun |
| unawareness | xx/x | Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun |
| irrationality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| weaknesses | /xx | Noun |
| inflexibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| inconsistency | xx/xx | Noun |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| impoverishment | x/xx | Noun |
| invalidity | /x/xx | Noun |
| ineligibility | x/xx/xx | Noun |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| luteal | // | Adjective |
| orgasmic | /xx | Adjective |
| feelings | /x | Noun |
| inaccuracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| ventilatory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| utter | /x | Adjective |
| coital | /x | Adjective |
| obsolescence | xx/x | Noun |
| glaring | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| exposes | x/x | Verb |
| immaturity | xx/xx | Noun |
| preparedness | x/xx | Noun |
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun |
| perceived | x/ | Adjective |
| circulatory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| nutritional | x/xx | Adjective |
| guilt | / | Noun |
| remedied | /xx | Verb |
| compensates | /xx | Verb |
| lament | x/ | Verb |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| affirming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| africanist | /xxx | Name |
| agronomic | x/xx | Adjective |
| aids | / | Noun, Adjective |
| algorithmic | /xxx | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| analytic | xx/x | Adjective |
| analytical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| anger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aphrodisiac | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| dearth | / | Noun |
| defect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| deficit | /xx | Noun |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| discrepancy | x/xx | Noun |
| disharmony | x/xx | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| handicap | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| imperfection | xx/x | Noun |
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| improper | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| inability | xx/xx | Noun |
| incapacity | xx/xx | Noun |
| incoherence | xx/x | Noun |
| incompatibility | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| inequality | xx/xx | Noun |
| lacunae | x/x | Noun |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| mala | /x | Noun |
| maladjustment | xx/x | Noun |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| mediocrity | xx/xx | Noun |
| mismatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| palace | /x | Noun, Verb |
| paucity | /xx | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| sufficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| underemployment | xxx/x | Noun |
| underreporting | /xx/x | Noun |
| unfitness | x/x | Noun |
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
