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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| slothful | /x | Adjective |
| slovenly | /xx | Adjective |
| indolent | /xx | Adjective |
| aimless | /x | Adjective |
| dissolute | xx/ | Adjective |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| unmotivated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| apathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| improvident | x/xx | Adjective |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| shifty | /x | Adjective |
| unemployed | xx/ | Adjective |
| hardworking | /xx | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| rootless | /x | Adjective |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| vagabond | /xx | Noun |
| avaricious | /xxxx | Adjective |
| conniving | x/x | Noun |
| underemployed | /xx/ | Adjective |
| incorrigible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inarticulate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| discontented | xx/x | Adjective |
| unskilled | x/ | Adjective |
| promiscuous | /xx | Adjective |
| ungrateful | x/x | Adjective |
| bumbling | /xx | Adjective |
| thieving | /x | Noun |
| unintelligent | xx/xx | Adjective |
| philandering | x/xx | Noun |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| drunken | /x | Adjective |
| disloyal | x/x | Adjective |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| inert | x/ | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| torpid | /x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| lethargic | x/x | Adjective |
| idle | /x | Adjective |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| dispirited | x/xx | Adjective |
| slack | / | Noun |
| drained | / | Verb |
| untidy | x/x | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| remiss | x/ | Adjective |
| tardy | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| meek | / | Noun |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| tired | /x | Adjective |
| languishing | /xx | Adjective |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| truant | /x | Noun |
| spendthrift | /x | Noun |
| callow | /x | Noun |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| bungling | /xx | Noun |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| scrawny | /x | Adjective |
| asleep | x/ | Adverb |
| halfhearted | /xx | Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| mindless | /x | Adjective |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| negligent | /xx | Adjective |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| facile | /x | Noun |
| casual | /xx | Adjective |
| flaccid | /x | Adjective |
| unmindful | x/x | Adjective |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| infirm | x/ | Noun |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| scruffy | /x | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| vagrants | /x | Noun |
| bums | / | Noun |
| drunkard | /x | Noun |
| poor | / | Noun |
| lot | / | Noun |
| husband | /x | Noun |
| negroes | /x | Noun |
| whites | / | Noun |
| farmers | /x | Noun |
| tenants | /x | Noun |
| fellows | /x | Noun |
| father | /x | Noun |
| blacks | / | Noun |
| folks | / | Noun |
| one | / | Noun |
| creature | /x | Noun |
| indians | /xx | Name |
| habits | /x | Noun |
| sort | / | Noun |
| youth | / | Noun |
| son | / | Noun |
| existence | x/x | Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun |
| parents | /x | Noun |
| brother | /x | Noun |
| individual | xx/xx | Noun |
| class | / | Noun |
| lives | / | Noun |
| ways | / | Noun |
| man | / | Noun |
| character | /xx | Noun |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| disreputable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| downtrodden | x/x | Adjective |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| fearing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hearted | /x | Adjective |
| industrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nonworking | /xx | Adjective |
| quarrelsome | /xx | Adjective |
| talkative | /xx | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
