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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| abortive | x/x | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| unfulfilled | xx/ | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| unfruitful | x/x | Adjective |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective |
| done | / | Verb |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| fail | / | Verb |
| unavailing | xx/x | Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| dead in the water | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unavailable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| undone | x/ | Noun |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fruitless | /x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| discouraged | x/x | Verb |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| unattainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| preventive | x/x | Adjective |
| constipated | /xxx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| tardy | /x | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| stillborn | // | Adjective |
| unfit | x/ | Adjective |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| poisoned | /x | Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| thwarted | /x | Verb |
| maladaptive | /x/x | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| premature | xx/ | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| done for | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| adjective | /xx | Noun |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| prohibitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| vain | / | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| impotent | /xx | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| irreversible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cross | / | Noun |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| improvident | x/xx | Adjective |
| ineligible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| static | /x | Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| defeatist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| meaningless | /xx | Adjective |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| senseless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
