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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| stint | / | Noun, Verb |
| scant | / | Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| skimpy | /x | Adjective |
| scanty | /x | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| sparing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| slack | / | Noun |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| measly | /x | Adjective |
| scare | / | Noun |
| undercooked | xx/ | Adjective |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| lacking | /x | Verb |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| light | / | Noun |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| small | / | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| minced | / | Adjective |
| scuffed | / | Adjective |
| lame | / | Noun |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| remiss | x/ | Adjective |
| truncated | /xx | Adjective |
| sickly | /x | Adjective |
| slighted | /x | Verb |
| spendthrift | /x | Noun |
| faint | / | Adjective |
| halfhearted | /xx | Adjective |
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| tardy | /x | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| witless | /x | Adjective |
| sleazy | /x | Adjective |
| scrubby | /x | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| scald | / | Noun |
| myopic | x/x | Adjective |
| frugal | /x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| slovenly | /xx | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| sketchy | /x | Adjective |
| underused | xx/ | Adjective |
| tired | /x | Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| bumbling | /xx | Adjective |
| raunchy | /x | Adjective |
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| wasteful | /x | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective |
| bungled | /x | Verb |
| threadbare | /x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| trifling | /x | Adjective |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| scrambling | /xx | Verb |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| offhand | // | Noun |
| scraggly | /x | Adjective |
| tattered | /x | Adjective |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| saving | /x | Noun |
| maintenance | /xx | Noun |
| quality | /xx | Noun |
| food | / | Noun |
| work | / | Noun |
| costs | / | Noun |
| services | /xx | Noun |
| care | / | Noun |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| here | / | Adverb |
| was | / | Verb |
| aches | / | Verb, Noun |
| acrimony | /xxx | Noun |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| airing | /x | Noun |
| alarm | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| annoyance | x/x | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hassle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hastening | /xx | Noun |
| heartache | /x | Noun |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| pinching | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| slackening | /xx | Noun |
| stumbling | /xx | Noun |
| watching | /x | Noun |
| worry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
