5
inept(adjective, good, ability, poor, foolish)
5
inexpedient(negative, improper, inappropriate, disapproving, uncomplimentary)
5
intolerable(adjective, endured)
5
lachrymose(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
5
lamenter
5
loser(noun, person, rich, unlucky, woeful)
5
melancholy(adjective, dull, difficult, sad, unhappy)
5
mournful(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
5
tormenting(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion, endured)
5
tragical(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
5
triste(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, sorrow)
5
troubled(adjective, bad, poor, difficult, unhappy)
5
unbefitting(adjective, unsuitable, unfitting, inopportune, untimely)
5
unfitting(unsuitable, untimely)
5
unseasonable(adjective, negative, improper, inappropriate, unsuitable)
5
unseemly(adjective, negative, unsuitable, unfitting, disapproving)
5
unwise(adjective, foolish, stupid, rash, risky)
5
victim
5
wrong(adjective, negative, improper, inappropriate, unsuitable)
4
graceless(adjective, inept, unsophisticated, clumsy)
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