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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| unappealing | xx/x | Adjective |
| promising | /xx | Adjective |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| unremarkable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| uninspiring | xx/x | Adjective |
| undistinguished | xx/x | Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| unpalatable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| implausible | x/xx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unprofitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| unattractive | xx/x | Adjective |
| unconvincing | xx/x | Adjective |
| unfamiliar | xx/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| disreputable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| propitious | x/x | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| drab | / | Noun |
| glum | / | Noun |
| unexceptional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| favourable | xxx | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| moribund | /xx | Noun |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| unfruitful | x/x | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| fruitless | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| unsurprising | xx/x | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| appallingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| chancy | /x | Noun |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| unenthusiastic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| unfashionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| salubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| amateurish | /xxx | Adjective |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| untested | x/x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| unpersuasive | xx/x | Adjective |
| beginning | x/x | Noun |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun |
| start | / | Noun |
| auspices | /xx | Noun |
| surroundings | x/x | Noun |
| prospects | /x | Noun |
| terrain | x/ | Noun |
| pupil | /x | Noun |
| material | x/xx | Noun |
| circumstances | /xxx | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| soil | / | Noun |
| outlook | /x | Noun |
| future | /x | Noun |
| looks | / | Verb |
| title | /x | Noun |
| background | /x | Noun |
| appearances | x/xx | Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| candidate | /xx | Noun |
| amenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| auspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| driest | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| forbidding | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inviting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pleasanter | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
