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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unemployment | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| joblessness | /xx | Noun |
| underemployed | /xx/ | Adjective |
| underemployment | xxx/x | Noun |
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective |
| homeless | /x | Noun |
| destitute | /xx | Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| unmotivated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uninsured | xx/ | Adjective |
| unskilled | x/ | Adjective |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| illiterates | x/xx | Noun |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| underclass | /xx | Noun |
| millennials | x/xx | Noun |
| employment | x/x | Noun |
| lower class | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun |
| unintelligent | xx/xx | Adjective |
| working class | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| job market | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| vagrants | /x | Noun |
| unhappiness | x/xx | Noun |
| poverty line | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| unrepresented | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unmarried | x/x | Adjective |
| socioeconomic | xxxxx/x | Adjective |
| proletarians | xx/xx | Noun |
| landless | /x | Noun |
| deindustrialization | /x/xxx/x | Noun |
| labor market | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| independents | xx/x | Noun |
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun |
| uselessness | /xx | Noun |
| nonproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| labor force | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| beggars | /x | Noun |
| laid off | // | Phrase |
| disempowered | xx/x | Adjective |
| layoffs | /x | Noun |
| idleness | /xx | Noun |
| workforce | /x | Noun |
| individuals | xx/xx | Noun |
| undocumented | x/xxx | Adjective |
| americans | x/xx | Name |
| nonworking | /xx | Adjective |
| sedentary | /xxx | Adjective |
| pessimists | /xx | Noun |
| recessionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unpaid | x/ | Adjective |
| addict | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| applicants | /xx | Noun |
| artisans | /xx | Noun |
| at leisure | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| boarders | /x | Noun |
| conscripted | x/x | Verb |
| dentists | /x | Noun |
| discharged | x/ | Adjective |
| dismissed | x/ | Adjective |
| earners | /x | Noun |
| educated | /xxx | Adjective |
| electricians | xx/x | Noun |
| employable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| employed | x/ | Adjective |
| evacuees | x/xx | Noun |
| fired | /x | Adjective |
| freedmen | /x | Adjective |
| hardworking | /xx | Adjective |
| homeowners | /xx | Noun |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| job | / | Noun, Verb |
| lazy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| menu | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nonwhite | // | Adjective, Noun |
| out of work | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| paupers | /x | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| probationers | x/xx | Noun |
| redundancies | x/xx | Noun |
| redundant | x/x | Adjective |
| registrants | /xx | Noun |
| retirees | x// | Noun |
| standstill | /x | Noun |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| unoccupied | x/xx | Adjective |
| use | / | Noun, Verb |
| vacant | /x | Adjective |
| workers | /x | Noun |
