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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective | 
| clumsy | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| clunky | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| unmanageable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| manageable | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| bulky | /x | Adjective | 
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| inelegant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective | 
| tedious | /xx | Adjective | 
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective | 
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective | 
| gargantuan | x/xx | Adjective | 
| messy | /x | Adjective | 
| bloated | /x | Adjective | 
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective | 
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| irksome | /x | Adjective | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective | 
| imprecise | /xx | Noun | 
| confusing | x/x | Adjective | 
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| gigantic | x/x | Adjective | 
| large | / | Adjective | 
| prohibitively | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective | 
| oversized | /xx | Adjective | 
| overstuffed | /xx | Adjective | 
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective | 
| voluminous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| expensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective | 
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unruly | x/x | Adjective | 
| byzantine | /xx | Name | 
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| cluttered | /x | Adjective | 
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective | 
| jumble | /x | Noun | 
| unbalanced | x/x | Adjective | 
| bulbous | /x | Adjective | 
| cramped | / | Adjective | 
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective | 
| anachronistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective | 
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective | 
| outsized | /x | Adjective | 
| wasteful | /x | Adjective | 
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective | 
| inordinately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| behemoth | x/x | Noun | 
| useless | /x | Adjective | 
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| monstrously | /xx | Adverb | 
| fractious | /x | Adjective | 
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| redundant | x/x | Adjective | 
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective | 
| hideously | /xxx | Adverb | 
| uncoordinated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| costly | /x | Adjective | 
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| enormous | x/x | Adjective | 
| unreliable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| difficult | /xx | Adjective | 
| misshapen | x/x | Adjective | 
| unfeasible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| obscenely | x/xx | Adverb | 
| muddled | /x | Adjective | 
| complex | /x | Noun | 
| ludicrously | /xxx | Adverb | 
| embarrassingly | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| weak | / | Adjective | 
| powerless | /xx | Adjective | 
| silly | /x | Adjective | 
| frail | / | Adjective | 
| impotent | /xx | Adjective | 
| feeble | /x | Adjective | 
| unavailable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| limp | / | Adjective | 
| lame | / | Noun | 
| effete | x/ | Adjective | 
| flimsy | /x | Adjective | 
| crazy | /x | Adjective | 
| slippery | /xx | Adjective | 
| infirm | x/ | Noun | 
| helpless | /x | Adjective | 
| slack | / | Noun | 
| impracticable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unfashionable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| weedy | /x | Adjective | 
| disable | x/x | Adjective | 
| drooped | / | Verb | 
| soft | / | Adjective | 
| enfeebled | x/x | Adjective | 
| puny | /x | Adjective | 
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective | 
| tottering | /xx | Verb | 
| delicate | /xx | Adjective | 
| lumbering | /xx | Noun | 
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective | 
| sceptre | /x | Noun | 
| bedstead | /x | Noun | 
| contraption | x/x | Noun | 
| conglomeration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| bulk | / | Noun | 
| tome | / | Noun | 
| bureaucracy | x/xx | Noun | 
| woe | / | Noun | 
| barge | / | Noun | 
| caravan | /xx | Noun | 
| craft | / | Noun | 
| monsters | /x | Noun | 
| raft | / | Noun | 
| amalgam | x/x | Noun | 
| elephant | /xx | Noun | 
| diocese | /xx | Noun | 
| conglomerates | x/xx | Noun | 
| convoy | /x | Noun | 
| multitude | /xx | Noun | 
| coalition | xx/x | Noun | 
| consuming | x/x | Noun | 
| bundle | /x | Noun | 
| giant | /x | Noun | 
| parcel | /x | Noun | 
| manuscript | /xx | Noun | 
| baggage | /x | Noun | 
| compact | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| diminutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| faceless | /x | Adjective | 
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| heavyweight | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| like | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| log | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nondescript | /x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| serviceable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| soulless | /x | Adjective | 
| sterile | /x | Adjective | 
| weighty | /x | Adjective | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
