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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| failure | /x | Noun, Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun, Noun |
| dead duck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| disaster waiting to happen | x/x/x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dead end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| project | /x | Noun |
| flop | / | Noun |
| exercise in futility | /xxxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| underdog | /xx | Noun |
| long shot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sad sack | // | Phrase, Noun |
| waste of time | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| abortive | x/x | Adjective |
| unattainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| cannon fodder | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| miss | / | Name |
| unusable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| nonuse | x/ | Noun |
| long odds | // | Phrase, Noun |
| unreachable | x/xx | Adjective |
| butchery | /xx | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cannot | /x | Adjective |
| dry hole | // | Phrase, Noun |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| reject | x/ | Verb |
| flash in the pan | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| unobtainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| almost | /x | Adverb |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| deadwood | /x | Noun |
| fail | / | Verb |
| early days | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| blind alley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| scam | / | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sticking plaster | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| runt | / | Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| ne plus ultra | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| hassle | /x | Noun |
| sour grapes | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| untranslatable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| obstacle | /xx | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| inchoate | // | Adjective |
| tough luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| jinx | / | Noun |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| turnoff | /x | Noun |
| nostrum | /x | Noun |
| canvass | /x | Noun |
| washout | /x | Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| balk | / | Noun |
| one thing after another | ///xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpalatable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| futility | x/xx | Noun |
| choker | /x | Noun |
| bad loser | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| incurable | x/xx | Adjective |
| complete | x/ | Adjective |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| was | / | Verb |
| abolition | xx/x | Noun |
| achiever | x/x | Noun |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| dereliction | xx/x | Noun |
| detriment | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| disapproval | xx/x | Noun |
| discontinuance | xx/xx | Noun |
| dismemberment | x/xx | Noun |
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| dud | / | Noun, Adjective |
| falsification | xxx/x | Noun |
| giveaway | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| impotence | /xx | Noun |
| incapacitation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| ineffectiveness | xx/xx | Noun |
| inevitability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| insolvent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| success | x/ | Noun |
| throwback | /x | Noun |
| winner | /x | Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
