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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| weak | / | Adjective, Adjective | 
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb | 
| enfeebled | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| frail | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| ill | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| unhealthy | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| debilitated | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| irresolute | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| sick | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| bedridden | /xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| seedy | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| elderly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| infirmity | x/xx | Noun | 
| handicapped | /xx | Noun | 
| invalids | /xx | Noun | 
| sickly | /x | Adjective | 
| senile | /x | Noun | 
| destitute | /xx | Noun | 
| arthritic | x/x | Adjective | 
| diseased | x/ | Adjective | 
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun | 
| indigent | /xx | Noun | 
| incapacitated | xx/xxx | Verb | 
| terminally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective | 
| creaky | /x | Adjective | 
| ailing | /x | Adjective | 
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective | 
| emaciated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| disabled | x/x | Adjective | 
| maimed | / | Adjective | 
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective | 
| indisposed | xx/ | Verb | 
| haggard | /x | Noun | 
| unwell | x/ | Adverb | 
| crippled | /x | Verb | 
| helpless | /x | Adjective | 
| forgetful | x/x | Adjective | 
| unfit | x/ | Adjective | 
| spry | / | Noun | 
| mentally | /xx | Adverb | 
| chronically | /xxx | Adverb | 
| defenseless | x/x | Adjective | 
| geriatric | xx/x | Name | 
| needy | /x | Adjective | 
| immunocompromised | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| flabby | /x | Adjective | 
| incontinent | x/xx | Noun | 
| weary | /x | Adjective | 
| bedraggled | x/x | Adjective | 
| embittered | x/x | Adjective | 
| aged | / | Adjective, Verb | 
| afflicted | x/x | Verb | 
| grievously | /xx | Adverb | 
| querulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| cranky | /x | Adjective | 
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| indolent | /xx | Adjective | 
| leprous | /xx | Adjective | 
| wretches | /x | Noun | 
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective | 
| young | / | Adjective | 
| dispirited | x/xx | Adjective | 
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective | 
| gaunt | / | Noun | 
| mendicants | x/x | Noun | 
| tired | /x | Adjective | 
| congenitally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| severely | x/x | Adverb | 
| achy | /x | Noun | 
| homebound | /x | Noun | 
| wrinkled | /x | Adjective | 
| dependants | x/x | Noun | 
| wizened | /x | Adjective | 
| tubercular | xxxx | Adjective | 
| improvident | x/xx | Adjective | 
| almshouse | xx | Noun | 
| frailty | /x | Noun | 
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective | 
| fatigued | x/ | Verb | 
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective | 
| motherless | /xx | Noun | 
| silly | /x | Adjective | 
| poorly | /x | Adverb | 
| fragile | /x | Adjective | 
| unsound | x/ | Adjective | 
| delicate | /xx | Adjective | 
| impotent | /xx | Adjective | 
| tender | /x | Noun | 
| crazy | /x | Adjective | 
| badly | /x | Adverb | 
| weakling | /x | Noun | 
| scrawny | /x | Adjective | 
| limp | / | Adjective | 
| out of sorts | /// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| puny | /x | Adjective | 
| impair | x/ | Verb | 
| inept | x/ | Adjective | 
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective | 
| unwholesome | x/x | Adjective | 
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mortal | /x | Adjective | 
| underweight | /xx | Noun | 
| corrupt | x/ | Adjective | 
| powerless | /xx | Adjective | 
| stricken | /x | Adjective | 
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| laid up | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| game | / | Noun | 
| weakened | /x | Verb | 
| languishing | /xx | Adjective | 
| tottering | /xx | Verb | 
| old | / | Noun | 
| paupers | /x | Noun | 
| elders | /x | Noun | 
| inmates | /x | Noun | 
| glory | /x | Noun | 
| parent | /x | Noun | 
| health | / | Noun | 
| humanity | x/xx | Noun | 
| relatives | /xx | Noun | 
| persons | /x | Noun | 
| father | /x | Noun | 
| residents | /xx | Noun | 
| wounded | /x | Verb | 
| foundations | x/x | Noun | 
| slaves | / | Noun | 
| husband | /x | Noun | 
| constitution | xx/x | Noun | 
| patient | /x | Noun | 
| faith | / | Noun | 
| horse | / | Noun | 
| adults | x/ | Noun | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective | 
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| brains | / | Noun | 
| childless | /x | Adjective | 
| deceased | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| defective | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| demented | x/x | Adjective | 
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| disabilities | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| disprove | x/ | Verb | 
| distraught | x/ | Adjective | 
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| erring | /x | Noun | 
| flawed | / | Adjective | 
| homeless | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| humans | /x | Noun | 
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| infants | /x | Noun | 
| invalidate | x/xx | Verb | 
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| overrule | /xx | Verb | 
| refute | x/ | Verb | 
| serve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| stout | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| unmarried | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| vacillating | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| wronged | / | Verb | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
