3
handful(noun, fewness)
3
indigence(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
infrequency(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity)
3
malnutrition
3
nonexistence(noun, want, lack, deficiency, absence)
3
pauperism(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
pennilessness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
pinch(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
3
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
shortcoming(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
3
shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
3
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
uncommonness(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity)
2
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
blemish(noun, defect, deficiency, imperfection, limitation)
2
demerit(noun, weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
2
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, loss)
2
distress(noun, pass, difficulty, failure, want)
2
exigency(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
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