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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| crowding | /x | Noun, Noun |
| overpopulation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| overcapacity | /xx/xx | Noun |
| malnutrition | xx/x | Noun |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| mismanagement | x/xx | Noun |
| homelessness | /xx | Noun |
| pollution | x/x | Noun |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| overloading | /xxx | Noun |
| unsanitary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| boredom | /x | Noun |
| flooding | /x | Noun |
| segregation | xx/x | Noun |
| exacerbating | x/xxx | Verb |
| claustrophobia | xx/xx | Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| chaos | /x | Noun |
| inequity | x/xx | Noun |
| delays | x/ | Noun |
| plague | / | Noun |
| excessive | x/x | Adjective |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| oversupply | xxx/ | Noun |
| imbalance | x/x | Noun |
| disruptions | x/x | Noun |
| unhappiness | x/xx | Noun |
| waterlogging | /xxx | Noun |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| prisons | /x | Noun |
| instability | xx/xx | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| contamination | xxx/x | Noun |
| unrest | x/ | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| epidemic | xx/x | Noun |
| gridlock | /x | Noun |
| disparity | x/xx | Noun |
| overflow | /xx | Noun |
| disorganization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| jails | / | Noun |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| shortfalls | /x | Noun |
| truancy | /xx | Noun |
| absenteeism | xx/xx | Noun |
| influx | /x | Noun |
| siltation | //x | Noun |
| inequality | xx/xx | Noun |
| suffocation | xx/x | Noun |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| stress | / | Noun |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Verb |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| disturbances | x/xx | Noun |
| tardiness | /xx | Noun |
| full house | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| roomful | /x | Noun |
| squash | / | Noun |
| concentration camp | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| standing room | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| living quarters | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| clown car | // | Phrase, Noun |
| rookery | /xx | Noun |
| personal space | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| room | / | Noun |
| shoebox | /x | Noun |
| housing | /x | Noun |
| vacancy | /xx | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| spacing | /x | Noun |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| squatting | /x | Verb |
| concourse | /x | Noun |
| cubby | /x | Noun |
| hive | / | Noun |
| crib | / | Noun |
| encampment | x/x | Noun |
| indoors | /x | Noun |
| place | / | Noun |
| dormitory | /xxx | Noun |
| outside | // | Noun |
| seating | /x | Noun |
| urban sprawl | /x/ | Name, Name |
| real estate | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cohabitation | xxx/x | Noun |
| sprawl | / | Noun |
| parking | /x | Noun |
| multifamily | xx/xx | Adjective |
| presence | /x | Noun |
| slum | / | Noun |
| waiting room | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| filth | / | Noun |
| sanitation | xx/x | Noun |
| relieving | x/x | Verb |
| alleviating | x/xxx | Verb |
| overwork | xx/ | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Verb |
| tenements | /xx | Noun |
| depopulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ease | / | Verb |
| overuse | xx/ | Noun |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective |
| hygiene | /x | Noun |
| abatement | x/x | Noun |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| blight | / | Noun |
| evils | /x | Noun |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| asteroid | /xx | Noun |
| attentional | x/xx | Adjective |
| ballistic | x/x | Adjective |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| bridging | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| called | / | Adjective |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| coupling | /x | Noun |
| cue | / | Noun, Verb |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| diffusion | x/x | Noun |
| distortion | x/x | Noun |
| distribution | xx/x | Noun |
| equilibrium | xx/xx | Noun |
| factorial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| glut | / | Noun, Verb |
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| interaction | xx/x | Noun |
| jams | / | Noun |
| lack | / | Noun, Verb |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| linkage | /x | Noun |
| multivariate | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| organism | /xxx | Noun |
| overgrowth | /xx | Noun |
| overproduction | /xx/x | Noun |
| randomness | /xx | Noun |
| regulation | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| surcharge | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| unpopularity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| wastage | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
