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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| retarded | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| autistic | x/x | Adjective |
| handicapped | /xx | Noun |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| disabled | x/x | Adjective |
| imbecile | /xx | Noun |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| mental | /x | Noun |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| prostrate | /x | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| vegetative | xx/x | Adjective |
| deaf and dumb | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective |
| invalid | /xx | Noun |
| sick | / | Adjective |
| challenged | /x | Verb |
| doting | /x | Adjective |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| dumb | / | Adjective |
| paralyzed | /xx | Verb |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| blinded | /x | Verb |
| slow on the uptake | //x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| maladaptive | /x/x | Adjective |
| subhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| screwed up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| stunted | /x | Adjective |
| brainless | /x | Adjective |
| senile | /x | Noun |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| underserved | xx/ | Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective |
| incapacitated | xx/xxx | Verb |
| impaired | x/ | Verb |
| psycho | /x | Noun |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| hard of hearing | ///x | Phrase, Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| unfit | x/ | Adjective |
| idiot | /xx | Noun |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| twisted | /x | Adjective |
| misshapen | x/x | Adjective |
| out of sorts | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| terminally ill | /xxxx | Phrase, Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| unskilled | x/ | Adjective |
| unhinged | x/ | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| deprecated | /xxx | Verb |
| indigent | /xx | Noun |
| numb | / | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| infantile | /xx | Noun |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective |
| undeveloped | xx/x | Adjective |
| unmotivated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| infirm | x/ | Noun |
| tardy | /x | Adjective |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| abused | x/ | Adjective |
| academically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| addicted | x/x | Adjective |
| adolescent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adult | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| advantaged | x/x | Adjective |
| anew | x/ | Adverb |
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| arrears | x/ | Noun |
| asocial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| behold | x/ | Verb |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| braked | / | Adjective |
| bunk | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| castrated | /xx | Adjective |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chil | / | Adjective, Noun |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| chronically | /xxx | Adverb |
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| daft | / | Adjective |
| deaf | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| defective | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| delayed | x/ | Adjective |
| delinquent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| disabilities | xx/xx | Verb |
| disordered | x/x | Adjective |
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective |
| dopey | /x | Adjective |
| down syndrome | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| dyslexic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| employable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fool | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| foolish | /x | Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| hampered | /x | Adjective |
| homeless | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hospitalized | /xxx | Adjective |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| insane | x/ | Adjective |
| institutionalized | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intelligence | x/xx | Noun |
| iq | // | Name, Adjective |
| kids | / | Adjective |
| lagged | / | Verb |
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| late | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| morally | /xx | Adverb |
| obese | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| older | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| overdue | /x/ | Adjective |
| overweight | xx/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| parochial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| patient | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| physically | /xxx | Adverb |
| physiologically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| postponed | x/ | Adjective |
| precocious | x/x | Adjective |
| psychiatric | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| psychologically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| silly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| someone | /x | Noun |
| special | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spirit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| spiritually | /xxxx | Adverb |
| underdeveloped | xxx/x | Adjective |
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective |
| underweight | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| younger | /x | Noun |
