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lack(noun, state, weakness, condition)
17
deficiency(noun, state, need, lack)
16
dearth(noun, state, weakness, condition)
12
default(noun, slip, weakness, failure)
12
scarcity(noun, weakness, need, lack)
11
inadequacy(noun, state, weakness, need)
11
paucity(noun, weakness, need, lack)
10
need(noun, state, weakness, lack)
10
defect(noun, slip, weakness, failure)
8
insufficiency(noun, state, weakness, need)
8
deficit(noun, weakness, need, lack)
7
shortage(noun, weakness, need, lack)
7
scantiness(noun, weakness, need, lack)
6
miss(noun, slip, failure, need)
6
nonexistence(noun, lack, deficiency, dearth)
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privation(noun, state, weakness, need)
5
shortcoming(noun, weakness, need, lack)
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destitution(noun, need, lack, loss)
4
poverty(noun, need, lack, loss)
4
shortfall(noun, need, lack, loss)
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