6
cut(noun, state, informal, nonappearance, absenteeism)
6
drought(noun, state, lack, usual, shortage)
6
miss(noun, slip, failure, want, need)
6
nonexistence(noun, want, lack, deficiency, dearth)
6
privation(noun, state, weakness, want, need)
6
vacancy(noun, state, nonappearance, absenteeism)
5
nothingness(noun, nonexistence, inexistence)
5
shortcoming(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
4
abstraction
4
destitution(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
4
disregard(noun, inattention, avoidance, evasion, nonpayment)
4
famine(noun, need, lack, deficiency, inadequacy)
4
hooky(noun, state, nonappearance, absenteeism)
4
non-attendance
4
poverty(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
4
shortfall(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
3
deprivation(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
3
emptiness
3
nihility
3
nil(noun, nonexistence, inexistence)
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