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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| jobless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| idle | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| fired | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| at leisure | //x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| discharged | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| dismissed | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| out of work | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| employed | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| underemployed | /xx/ | Adjective |
| homeless | /x | Noun |
| unemployment | xx/x | Noun |
| employable | x/xx | Adjective |
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective |
| uninsured | xx/ | Adjective |
| unmarried | x/x | Adjective |
| unskilled | x/ | Adjective |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| incarcerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| underpaid | /x/ | Adjective |
| employment | x/x | Noun |
| widowed | /x | Adjective |
| underemployment | xxx/x | Noun |
| disillusioned | xx/x | Adjective |
| salaried | /xx | Adjective |
| deadbeat | /x | Noun |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| overworked | xx/ | Adjective |
| demobilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| childless | /x | Adjective |
| workers | /x | Noun |
| retired | x/ | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pensioners | /xx | Noun |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Verb |
| discontented | xx/x | Adjective |
| disenchanted | xx/x | Adjective |
| divorced | x/ | Adjective |
| disabled | x/x | Adjective |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective |
| young | / | Adjective |
| chronically | /xxx | Adverb |
| resting | /x | Verb |
| lost | / | Verb |
| terminated | /xxx | Verb |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective |
| surplus to requirements | /x/x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| worthless | /x | Adjective |
| destitute | /xx | Noun |
| unmotivated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unable | x/x | Adjective |
| unavailing | xx/x | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| unfulfilled | xx/ | Adjective |
| unprofessional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| valueless | /xx | Adjective |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| bored | / | Verb |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| vagrant | /x | Noun |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| frustrated | /xx | Adjective |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| undeserving | xx/x | Adjective |
| invalid | /xx | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| insolvent | x/x | Adjective |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| wanting | /x | Verb |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| truant | /x | Noun |
| dispirited | x/xx | Adjective |
| passive | /x | Adjective |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| regardless | x/x | Noun |
| unfit | x/ | Adjective |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| neglected | x/x | Verb |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| ineligible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| unavailable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| indisposed | xx/ | Verb |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| done | / | Verb |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| retrain | x/ | Verb |
| landless | /x | Noun |
| registered | /xx | Verb |
| leavers | /x | Noun |
| bricklayer | /xx | Noun |
| drifters | /x | Noun |
| organising | xxxx | Verb |
| hiring | /x | Verb |
| almost | /x | Adverb |
| marchers | /x | Noun |
| journeymen | /xx | Noun |
| youths | / | Noun |
| overrepresented | /xxx/x | Verb |
| backlog | /x | Noun |
| miners | /x | Noun |
| nearly | /x | Adverb |
| electrician | xx/x | Noun |
| millions | /x | Noun |
| breadwinners | /xx | Noun |
| ranks | / | Noun |
| absorbing | x/x | Verb |
| training | /x | Verb |
| organizing | /xxx | Verb |
| aiding | /x | Verb |
| housewives | /x | Noun |
| samurai | /xx | Noun |
| counted | /x | Verb |
| paupers | /x | Noun |
| workingmen | /xx | Noun |
| addict | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| applicants | /xx | Noun |
| artisans | /xx | Noun |
| boarders | /x | Noun |
| conscripted | x/x | Verb |
| dentists | /x | Noun |
| earners | /x | Noun |
| educated | /xxx | Adjective |
| evacuees | x/xx | Noun |
| freedmen | /x | Noun |
| hardworking | /xx | Adjective |
| homeowners | /xx | Noun |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| indigent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| job | / | Noun, Verb |
| menu | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nonwhite | // | Adjective, Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| probationers | x/xx | Noun |
| redundancies | x/xx | Noun |
| redundant | x/x | Adjective |
| registrants | /xx | Noun |
| retirees | x// | Noun |
| standstill | /x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| unoccupied | x/xx | Adjective |
| use | / | Noun, Verb |
| vacant | /x | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
