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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| impulsive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| offhand | // | Noun |
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective |
| mindless | /x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| unthinking | x/x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| sudden | /x | Adjective |
| indiscriminate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inconsiderate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| unreasoning | x/x | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| unguarded | x/x | Adjective |
| madcap | /x | Noun |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| unwary | x/x | Noun |
| reckless | /x | Adjective |
| careless | /x | Adjective |
| blindfold | /x | Noun |
| flighty | /x | Adjective |
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective |
| brainless | /x | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| witless | /x | Adjective |
| improvident | x/xx | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| uncritical | x/xx | Adjective |
| random | /x | Noun |
| inadvertent | xx/x | Adjective |
| senseless | /x | Adjective |
| emergent | x/x | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| imprudent | x/x | Adjective |
| unsteady | x/x | Adjective |
| uncanny | x/x | Adjective |
| foolish | /x | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| irresponsible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| casual | /xx | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb |
| promiscuous | /xx | Adjective |
| roguish | /x | Adjective |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| naive | x/ | Adjective |
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| unmindful | x/x | Adjective |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective |
| facile | /x | Noun |
| uncouth | // | Adjective |
| unskilled | x/ | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| clueless | /x | Noun |
| incontinent | x/xx | Noun |
| throwaway | /xx | Noun |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| errant | /x | Noun |
| loose | / | Adjective |
| wanton | /x | Adjective |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| blithe | / | Name |
| ambushed | /x | Verb |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| weak in the knees | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| generic | x/x | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| animalistic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| unreasonable | x/xx | Adjective |
| irresolute | xxxx | Adjective |
| unruly | x/x | Adjective |
| immature | xx/ | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| bumbling | /xx | Adjective |
| rambling | /x | Noun |
| infantile | /xx | Noun |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| negligent | /xx | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| unwise | x/ | Adjective |
| blinded | /x | Verb |
| shallow | /x | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| unscrupulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| by accident | //xx | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| unconscionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| regardless | x/x | Noun |
| sketchy | /x | Adjective |
| stunned | / | Verb |
| halting | /x | Noun |
| automated | /xxx | Adjective |
| automatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| defensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| elementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| foreseeable | x/xx | Adjective |
| hasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| headlong | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| hurried | /x | Adjective |
| instinctive | x/x | Adjective |
| precipitate | x/xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| predictable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| premature | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| rash | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| reactive | x/x | Adjective |
| reflex | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| reflexive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| visceral | /xx | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
