64 entries under deficit topic. ×

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penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
indigence(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
demerit(noun, weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
2
distress(noun, pass, difficulty, failure, want)
2
fault(noun, weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
2
hardship(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
insolvency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, failing)
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