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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| uneconomical | xxx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| wasteful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| efficient | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| suboptimal | xxxx | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| impractical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unreliable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective |
| inelegant | x/xx | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| outdated | /xx | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective |
| uneconomic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| redundant | x/x | Adjective |
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| unprofitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uncompetitive | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsustainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unusable | x/xx | Adjective |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| uncoordinated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| infeasible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfeasible | x/xx | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| shortsighted | //x | Adjective |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| archaic | x/x | Name |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| obsolete | xx/ | Adjective |
| flawed | / | Adjective |
| inequitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| corrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| unsafe | x/ | Adjective |
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| improper | x/x | Adjective |
| unattractive | xx/x | Adjective |
| unwise | x/ | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| overcrowded | /xxx | Adjective |
| prohibitively | x/xxx | Adverb |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| imprecise | /xx | Noun |
| unbalanced | x/x | Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| bloated | /x | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| imbalanced | x/x | Adjective |
| disadvantageous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| underutilized | /xxxx | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| unacceptably | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disorganised | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| silent | /x | Adjective |
| nonproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| nonfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| unimproved | xx/ | Adjective |
| nonperforming | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| wasted | /x | Verb |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| unresponsive | xx/x | Adjective |
| needless | /x | Adjective |
| inapplicable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| undesired | xx/x | Adjective |
| nonworking | /xx | Adjective |
| insensible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective |
| soes | / | Name |
| allocation | xx/x | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adverb |
| overloaded | /xxx | Verb |
| weeded | /x | Verb |
| stoves | / | Noun |
| technically | /xxx | Adverb |
| utilization | xxx/x | Noun |
| bureaucracies | x/xx | Noun |
| consuming | x/x | Noun |
| management | /xx | Noun |
| combustion | x/x | Noun |
| producers | x/x | Noun |
| equilibria | xx/xx | Noun |
| monopolies | x/xx | Noun |
| converters | x/x | Noun |
| duplication | xx/x | Noun |
| compressor | x/x | Noun |
| economically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| portfolios | x/xx | Noun |
| pricing | /x | Noun |
| enterprises | /xxx | Noun |
| boilers | /x | Noun |
| scheduling | /xx | Noun |
| crude | / | Noun |
| estimators | x/xx | Noun |
| biased | /x | Verb |
| industries | /xx | Noun |
| use | / | Noun |
| routing | /x | Noun |
| firms | / | Noun |
| liquidation | xx/x | Noun |
| handling | /x | Noun |
| learner | /x | Noun |
| criticized | /xx | Verb |
| bureaucrats | /xx | Noun |
| burning | /x | Noun |
| working | /x | Noun |
| layouts | /x | Noun |
| farming | /x | Noun |
| substitution | xx/x | Noun |
| factories | /xx | Noun |
| mills | / | Noun |
| emptying | /xx | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| mines | / | Noun |
| operation | xx/x | Noun |
| outcomes | /x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| centralised | /xx | Adjective |
| decentralized | x/xx | Adjective |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| efficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| failed | / | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| fruitless | /x | Adjective |
| impotent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| innovative | /xxx | Adjective |
| inoperable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| integrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| invalid | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| orientated | /xxxx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| productive | x/x | Adjective |
| puny | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rational | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| routinized | /xx | Adjective |
| sterile | /x | Adjective |
| subcontracting | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| toothless | /x | Adjective |
| unsound | x/ | Adjective |
| vain | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| void | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| 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 |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
