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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| pathological | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| intrapsychic | x//x | Adjective | 
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective | 
| maladjustment | xx/x | Noun | 
| behaviors | x/x | Noun | 
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective | 
| hypertrophic | xx/x | Noun | 
| pathogenic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| biobehavioral | x/x/xx | Noun | 
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective | 
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| inept | x/ | Adjective | 
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective | 
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective | 
| retarded | x/x | Adjective | 
| unfit | x/ | Adjective | 
| psycho | /x | Noun | 
| negative | /xx | Adjective | 
| faulty | /x | Adjective | 
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| impair | x/ | Verb | 
| improper | x/x | Adjective | 
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| intolerant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unwholesome | x/x | Adjective | 
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uncharacteristic | xxxx/x | Adjective | 
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective | 
| childish | /x | Adjective | 
| inopportune | xxx/ | Adjective | 
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| screwed up | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| unbecoming | xx/x | Adjective | 
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective | 
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective | 
| inconsiderate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unmanly | x/x | Adjective | 
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb | 
| avoidant | x/x | Adjective | 
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective | 
| adverse | x/ | Adjective | 
| autistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| poor | / | Adjective | 
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective | 
| misplaced | x/ | Verb | 
| wrong | / | Adjective | 
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unfulfilled | xx/ | Adjective | 
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| weird | / | Adjective | 
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| incompatible | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| polluting | x/x | Verb | 
| aversive | x/x | Adjective | 
| affected | x/x | Verb | 
| depraved | x/ | Adjective | 
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective | 
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective | 
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective | 
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| perverted | x/x | Adjective | 
| cognitions | x/x | Noun | 
| schemas | /x | Noun | 
| coping | /x | Noun | 
| perfectionism | x/xxx | Noun | 
| behaviours | x/x | Noun | 
| attributions | /x/x | Noun | 
| responding | x/x | Verb | 
| distorted | x/x | Verb | 
| cognitive | /xx | Noun | 
| parenting | /xx | Noun | 
| defenses | x/x | Noun | 
| patterns | /x | Noun | 
| response | x/ | Noun | 
| appraisals | x/x | Noun | 
| remodeling | x/xx | Noun | 
| traits | / | Noun | 
| thoughts | / | Noun | 
| beliefs | x/ | Noun | 
| functioning | /xx | Noun | 
| habits | /x | Noun | 
| eating | /x | Noun | 
| style | / | Noun | 
| denial | x/x | Noun | 
| strategies | /xx | Noun | 
| reactions | x/x | Noun | 
| outcomes | /x | Noun | 
| plasticity | x/xx | Noun | 
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun | 
| defences | x/x | Noun | 
| avoidance | x/x | Noun | 
| variants | /xx | Noun | 
| learning | /x | Noun | 
| interactions | xx/x | Noun | 
| mechanisms | /xxx | Noun | 
| guilt | / | Noun | 
| attitudes | /xx | Noun | 
| viewed | / | Verb | 
| assumptions | x/x | Noun | 
| emotions | x/x | Noun | 
| extremes | x/ | Noun | 
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun | 
| aggression | x/x | Noun | 
| maneuvers | x/x | Noun | 
| thinking | /x | Noun | 
| anger | /x | Noun | 
| consequences | /xxx | Noun | 
| tendencies | /xx | Noun | 
| drinking | /x | Noun | 
| prove | / | Verb | 
| resolutions | xx/x | Noun | 
| cycles | /x | Noun | 
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| activating | /xxx | Noun | 
| addictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| adhesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| aerobic | x/x | Adjective | 
| affective | x/x | Adjective | 
| alienating | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| conflictual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| defeating | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| directional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| facilitative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective | 
| integrative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| labile | /x | Adjective | 
| mathematical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| paranoid | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prosocial | xxx | Adjective | 
| routinized | /xx | Adjective | 
| semantic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sustaining | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
