136 entries under deficiency topic. ×

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impairment(noun, disorder, difficulty, weakness, bar)
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paucity(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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sin(noun, weakness, fault, lack, failing)
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faultiness(noun, imperfection, limitation, inadequacy)
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feebleness(noun, disorder, weakness, fault, illness)
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incompleteness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, failing)
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poverty(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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problem(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar)
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scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
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need(noun, weakness, want, lack, loss)
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decrepitude(noun, disorder, weakness, fault, illness)
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fallibility(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, refinement)
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famine(noun, need, lack, shortage)
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impotence(noun, fault, lack, lapse, failing)
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inadequateness(imperfection, limitation, inadequacy, shortage)
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inferiority(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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malaise(noun, disorder, weakness, fault, illness)
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miss(noun, slip, failure, want, need)
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peccadillo(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, refinement)
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powerlessness(noun, fault, lack, lapse, failing)
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