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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| graceless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unpolished | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| gauche | / | Adjective, Adjective, Name |
| homely | /x | Name, Adjective |
| elegant | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| undignified | x/xx | Adjective |
| imprecise | /xx | Noun |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| impractical | x/xx | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unattractive | xx/x | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| untidy | x/x | Adjective |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unappealing | xx/x | Adjective |
| simplistic | x/x | Adjective |
| indelicate | x/xx | Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| amateurish | /xxx | Adjective |
| slovenly | /xx | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective |
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective |
| reductive | x/x | Adjective |
| embarrassingly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| appallingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| incoherent | xx/x | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| oddly | /x | Adverb |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| wasteful | /x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hideously | /xxx | Adverb |
| dreadfully | /xx | Adverb |
| anachronistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| obtrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| uncouth | // | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| ingenious | x/x | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| maddeningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| inarticulate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| wretchedly | /xx | Adverb |
| suboptimal | xxxx | Adjective |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| uncultured | x/x | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| undistinguished | xx/x | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| indiscreet | xx/ | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective |
| humble | /x | Adjective |
| ret | / | Noun |
| snort | / | Noun |
| sans | / | Verb |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| expressions | x/x | Noun |
| solution | x/x | Noun |
| name | / | Noun |
| title | /x | Noun |
| appearance | x/x | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| word | / | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| fashion | /x | Noun |
| sound | / | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| description | x/x | Noun |
| manner | /x | Noun |
| way | / | Noun |
| means | / | Noun |
| method | /x | Noun |
| form | / | Noun |
| seem | / | Verb |
| something | /x | Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| abide | x/ | Verb |
| accords | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| acting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| adheres | x/ | Verb |
| admits | x/ | Verb |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| appears | x/ | Adjective |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| article | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| attained | x/ | Adjective |
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| briefly | /x | Adverb |
| bringing | /x | Noun |
| built | / | Adjective, Noun |
| colloquial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| graceful | /x | Adjective |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| impolite | xxx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| quaint | / | 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 |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
