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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| impractical | x/xx | Adjective |
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective |
| sacrilege | /xx | Noun |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| redundant | x/x | Adjective |
| excessive | x/x | Adjective |
| doable | /xx | Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| wasteful | /x | Adjective |
| overload | /xx | Noun |
| overreaching | /xxx | Noun |
| overblown | xx/ | Adjective |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| overdone | /x/ | Verb |
| preferable | /xxx | Adjective |
| unreasonable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfeasible | x/xx | Adjective |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| insane | x/ | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| overzealous | xx/x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| pricey | /x | Adjective |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| unwise | x/ | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| justifiable | /xxxx | Adjective |
| exaggeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| overpowering | /x/x | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| prohibitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| overreaction | /xxxx | Noun |
| unwarranted | x/xx | Adjective |
| worthwhile | // | Adjective |
| gratuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| negligible | /xxx | Adjective |
| laughable | /xx | Adjective |
| unmanageable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| okay | x/ | Adjective |
| simplification | xxx/x | Noun |
| oversimplification | xx/xxxx | Noun |
| crazy | /x | Adjective |
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| feasible | /xx | Adjective |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| misnomer | x/x | Noun |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| too much | // | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| superpower | xx/x | Noun |
| overabundance | /xx/x | Noun |
| overrun | /xx | Verb |
| surplus | /x | Noun |
| overdrive | /xx | Noun |
| deluge | /x | Noun |
| oversupply | xxx/ | Noun |
| overshoot | /xx | Noun |
| overdose | /xx | Noun |
| exceeding | x/x | Verb |
| excess | /x | Noun |
| overage | /xx | Noun |
| overcapacity | /xx/xx | Noun |
| overcharge | /xx | Noun |
| surfeit | /x | Noun |
| overestimation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| overvoltage | /x/x | Noun |
| overgrowth | /xx | Noun |
| overflow | /xx | Noun |
| overproduction | /xx/x | Noun |
| overpopulation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| overstatement | /xxx | Noun |
| inundation | xx/x | Noun |
| full blast | // | Phrase, Noun |
| kill | / | Noun |
| prehistoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| bit | / | Noun |
| simulating | /xxx | Verb |
| origins | /xx | Noun |
| aboriginal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| regulatory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| sound | / | Verb |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| technological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| massive | /x | Adjective |
| seem | / | Verb |
| strategy | /xx | Noun |
| example | x/x | Noun |
| nuclear | /xx | Adjective |
| case | / | Noun |
| exercise | /xx | Noun |
| thing | / | Noun |
| engaging | x/x | Verb |
| applications | xx/x | Noun |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| gross | / | Adjective |
| sheer | / | Adjective |
| element | /xx | Noun |
| risk | / | Noun |
| projects | /x | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| age | / | Noun |
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| fiscal | /x | Adjective |
| sort | / | Noun |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| capacity | x/xx | Noun |
| legislative | /xxx | Adjective |
| degree | x/ | Noun |
| point | / | Noun |
| statistical | x/xx | Adjective |
| environmental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| talk | / | Verb |
| constitute | /xx | Verb |
| happened | /x | Verb |
| represent | xx/ | Verb |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| something | /x | Noun |
| result | x/ | Verb |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| form | / | Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun |
| visual | /xx | Adjective |
| evidence | /xx | Noun |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| acumen | x/x | Noun |
| armoury | /xx | Noun |
| bidding | /x | Noun |
| complexities | x/xx | Noun |
| escalation | xx/x | Noun |
| expertise | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| gridlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| inadequacies | x/xxx | Noun |
| incompetence | x/xx | Noun |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| ineptitude | x/xx | Noun |
| inordinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| malpractice | x/x | Noun |
| mayhem | /x | Noun, Verb |
| obfuscation | xx/x | Noun |
| savvy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| shortcomings | /xx | Noun |
| sleight | / | Noun |
| sophistication | xxx/x | Noun |
| standpoint | /x | Noun |
| suicidal | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| suicide | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
