32
lack(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
32
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
27
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
want(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
22
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
19
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
19
scantiness(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
18
inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
18
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
18
need(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
17
absence(noun, state, weakness, condition, want)
12
scarceness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
9
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
8
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
6
sparseness(noun, lack, scarcity, insufficiency, scantiness)
5
destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
failure(noun, weakness, lack, failing, deficiency)
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