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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| indigent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| needy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| low | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unfruitful | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| inferior | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| mean | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| pinched | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| slum | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bust | / | Verb, Adjective |
| mediocre | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| broke | / | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| rich | / | Adjective, Noun |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| good | / | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| crappy | /x | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| wealthy | /x | Adjective |
| decent | /x | Adjective |
| suboptimal | xxxx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective |
| sick | / | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| excellent | /xx | Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| starving | /x | Verb |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| undeserving | xx/x | Adjective |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Verb |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| worthless | /x | Adjective |
| badly off | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| lacking | /x | Verb |
| undeveloped | xx/x | Adjective |
| bereft | x/ | Noun |
| bad off | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective |
| spare | / | Adjective |
| valueless | /xx | Adjective |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| empty | /x | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| spendthrift | /x | Noun |
| devoid | x/ | Noun |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| scanty | /x | Adjective |
| underserved | xx/ | Adjective |
| unorganised | x/xx | Adjective |
| lowly | /x | Adjective |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uplift | /x | Verb |
| trickle | /x | Verb |
| dear | / | Noun |
| redistributing | xx/xx | Verb |
| empower | x/x | Verb |
| housing | /x | Verb |
| wretches | /x | Noun |
| subsidize | /xx | Verb |
| distributing | x/xx | Verb |
| aiding | /x | Verb |
| eyesight | /x | Noun |
| overrepresented | /xxx/x | Verb |
| prognosis | x/x | Noun |
| overseers | xx/x | Noun |
| relieving | x/x | Verb |
| devils | /x | Noun |
| deserving | x/x | Verb |
| preach | / | Verb |
| discriminates | x/xx | Verb |
| labouring | /xx | Verb |
| darling | /x | Noun |
| ministering | /xx | Verb |
| target | /x | Verb |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| papa | /x | Noun |
| robbing | /x | Verb |
| donate | /x | Verb |
| sanitation | xx/x | Noun |
| assisting | x/x | Verb |
| laboring | /xx | Verb |
| liberate | /xx | Verb |
| exploiting | /xx | Verb |
| tom | / | Name |
| showing | /x | Noun |
| whites | / | Noun |
| reproducibility | xx/x/xx | Noun |
| harvests | /x | Noun |
| benefiting | /xxx | Verb |
| peasants | /x | Noun |
| helping | /x | Verb |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| accursed | x/ | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| alms | / | Noun |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| artisans | /xx | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| brainy | /x | Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| defective | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| defenseless | x/x | Adjective |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| disabled | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| distressed | x/ | Adjective |
| domestics | x/x | Noun |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| dumb | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| faint | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| farmers | /x | Noun |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| fearing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| few | / | Noun |
| firearm | /xx | Noun |
| flawed | / | Adjective |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fortunate | /xx | Adjective |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| freedmen | /x | Noun |
| gaps | / | Noun |
| guilty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| half | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| handicapped | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hearted | /x | Adjective |
| homeless | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| homely | /x | Adjective |
| householders | /xx | Noun |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| improper | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| incomplete | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| infertile | x/x | Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| insubstantial | xx/x | Adjective |
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| john | / | Name |
| laborer | /xx | Noun |
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| lean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| limited | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| lovable | /xx | Adjective |
| mal | / | Noun |
| mala | /x | Noun |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| malo | /x | Name |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| measly | /x | Adjective |
| meek | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| minimal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| mistaken | x/x | Adjective |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| money | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nonperforming | xx/x | Adjective |
| nots | / | Adjective |
| objectionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| outcast | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pale | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| paltry | /x | Adjective |
| parishioners | x/xx | Noun |
| patchy | /x | Adjective |
| paucity | /xx | Noun |
| pauper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pistol | /x | Noun, Verb |
| plain | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| plucky | /x | Adjective |
| poore | / | Noun, Adjective |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| puny | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| reduced | x/ | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
