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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| destitute | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| indigent | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| needy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Verb |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| submerged | x/ | Adjective |
| underserved | xx/ | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| sick | / | Adjective |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| badly off | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| bad off | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Noun |
| neglected | x/x | Verb |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| close to the bone | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| forsaken | x/x | Verb |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| bereft | x/ | Noun |
| rare | / | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| dingy | /x | Adjective |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| execrable | x/xx | Adjective |
| starved | / | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| sober | /x | Adjective |
| scrawny | /x | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| undeveloped | xx/x | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| pinched | / | Adjective |
| underfoot | xx/ | Adverb |
| cheap | / | Adjective |
| wanting | /x | Verb |
| underdeveloped | xxx/x | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| marginalized | /xxx | Verb |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| peasant | /x | Noun |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| unemployed | xx/ | Adjective |
| muddy | /x | Adjective |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| undeserving | xx/x | Adjective |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| raunchy | /x | Adjective |
| shan | / | Name |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| sickly | /x | Adjective |
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
