Related Words for lame

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halt
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
crippled
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
feeble
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Verb, Adjective, Verb
weak
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Verb, Adjective
unfit
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
stupid
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Adjective
dumb
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Adjective
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
silly
/x
Adjective
idiotic
xx/x
Adjective
insipid
x/x
Adjective
trite
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Adjective
hackneyed
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Adjective
crappy
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Adjective
goofy
/x
Noun
corny
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Noun
cheesy
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Noun
laughable
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Adjective
pitiful
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Adjective
cliche
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Noun
inane
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Noun
ridiculous
x/xx
Adjective
unimaginative
xx/xxx
Adjective
pointless
/x
Adjective
useless
/x
Adjective
boring
/x
Noun
clumsy
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Adjective
awful
/x
Adjective
retarded
x/x
Adjective
dopey
/x
Name
wimpy
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Name
excuse
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Noun
vapid
/x
Adjective
joke
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Noun
unimpressive
xx/x
Adjective
pretentious
x/x
Adjective
obnoxious
x/x
Adjective
annoying
x/x
Adjective
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
lousy
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Adjective
clunky
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Adjective
horrible
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Adjective
funny
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Adjective
unconvincing
xx/x
Adjective
bland
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Noun
childish
/x
Adjective
whiny
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Adjective
kinda
/x
Noun
contrived
x/
Verb
tacky
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Adjective
sorta
/x
Noun
lazy
/x
Adjective
uninspired
xx/x
Adjective
puerile
/x
Adjective
dull
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Adjective
crass
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Noun
crap
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Noun
tired
/x
Adjective
disingenuous
xx/xx
Adjective
terrible
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Adjective
lackluster
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Adjective
plain
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Noun
weird
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Adjective
foolish
/x
Adjective
ugly
/x
Adjective
hideous
/xx
Adjective
hypocritical
xx/xx
Adjective
amateurish
/xxx
Adjective
embarrassingly
x/xxx
Adverb
nonsensical
x/xx
Adjective
worthless
/x
Adjective
vacuous
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Adjective
ludicrous
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Adjective
awkward
/x
Adjective
game
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Noun
laid up
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Phrase, Adjective
paralyzed
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Verb
handicapped
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Noun
limp
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Adjective
bedridden
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Adjective
down at heel
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Phrase, Adjective
lumbering
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Noun
infirm
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Noun
stricken
/x
Adjective
weak in the knees
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Phrase, Adjective
ailing
/x
Adjective
invalid
/xx
Noun
sick
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Adjective
helpless
/x
Adjective
prostrate
/x
Adjective
sluggish
/x
Adjective
disable
x/x
Adjective
impair
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Verb
unable
x/x
Adjective
dependent
x/x
Adjective
rickety
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Adjective
hamstrung
/x
Verb
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
tender
/x
Noun
frail
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Adjective
crazy
/x
Adjective
unlucky
x/x
Adjective
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
weakling
/x
Noun
fragile
/x
Adjective
inept
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Adjective
powerless
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Adjective
afflicted
x/x
Verb
poor
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Adjective
stunted
/x
Adjective
tottering
/xx
Verb
hephaestus
//x
Name
vulcan
/x
Name
duck
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Noun
beggar
/x
Noun
donkey
/x
Noun
maimed
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Verb
shoemaker
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Noun
hunchback
/x
Noun
lepers
/x
Noun
cobbler
/x
Noun
jumpsuit
/x
Noun
blacksmith
/x
Noun
invite
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Verb
nag
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Noun
mule
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Noun
leg
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Noun
apology
x/xx
Noun
cooper
/x
Name
assemble
x/x
Verb
walk
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Noun
healed
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Verb
schoolmaster
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Noun
plaque
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Noun
horse
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Noun
ankle
/x
Noun
tortoise
/x
Noun
cured
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Verb
alibi
/xx
Noun
camel
/x
Noun
tailor
/x
Noun
alight
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Adverb, Verb, Adjective
awesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
bad
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
blade
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Noun, Verb
blind
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
bogus
/x
Adjective, Noun
boned
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Adjective
boom
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Noun, Verb
box
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Noun, Verb
brainy
/x
Adjective
bred
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Noun
bud
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Noun, Verb
bum
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
calf
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Noun
canary
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cheap
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
chubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
cleverer
/xx
Adjective
cock
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Noun, Verb
coincidental
xxx/x
Adjective
creep
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Verb, Noun
creepy
/x
Adjective
crummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
crutches
/x
Noun
daft
/
Adjective
decayed
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Adjective
delicate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
dependence
x/x
Noun
determined
x/x
Adjective
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dreary
/x
Adjective
dud
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Noun, Adjective
dwarf
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
eyed
/
Adjective
fake
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
filthy
/x
Adjective, Verb
flawed
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Adjective
flimsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
foul
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
fractured
/x
Adjective
geek
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Noun, Verb
grub
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Noun, Verb
hard
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hearted
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hobbled
/x
Verb
hopeless
/x
Adjective
impeded
x/x
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
knife
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Noun, Verb
lamentable
x/xx
Adjective
loser
/x
Noun
lovable
/xx
Adjective
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
measly
/x
Adjective
mediocre
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
mercy
/x
Noun, Verb
miserable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
naughty
/x
Adjective, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nil
/
Noun
none
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Noun, Adverb
null
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
ox
/
Noun
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
phoney
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
phony
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pig
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Noun, Verb
pitiable
/xxx
Adjective
pity
/x
Noun, Verb
plucky
/x
Adjective
regrettable
x/xx
Adjective
roses
/x
Adjective
rotten
/x
Adjective, Adverb
rubbish
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sappy
/x
Adjective
scrawny
/x
Adjective
seedy
/x
Adjective
shabby
/x
Adjective, Verb
shaky
/x
Adjective
skinny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sleazy
/x
Adjective
sloppy
/x
Adjective, Noun
spirited
/xx
Adjective
spoiled
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Adjective
suck
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Verb, Noun
tedious
/xx
Adjective
timid
/x
Adjective
trashy
/x
Adjective
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
unsatisfactory
xxx/xx
Adjective
unsound
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Adjective
void
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
witted
/x
Adjective
wounded
/x
Adjective
wretched
/x
Adjective
wrong
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
zero
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
butt
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
fall
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Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
bog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
sfa
x
Name
die
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb