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shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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blemish(noun, difficulty, weakness, failure, fault)
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failure(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, weakness)
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infirmity(noun, disorder, difficulty, weakness, fault)
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poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
9
incompleteness(noun, weakness, lack, loss, failing)
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drawback(noun, trouble, check, block, difficulty)
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weak point(noun, expression, trouble, block, difficulty)
7
default(noun, decline, failure, want, need)
7
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
foible(noun, weakness, crack, fault, failing)
7
gap(noun, difficulty, weakness, fault, lack)
7
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
7
vice(noun, wrong, evil, difficulty, weakness)
6
demerit(noun, wrong, evil, weakness, fault)
6
inadequateness(noun, defect, imperfection, limitation, inadequacy)
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meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
6
privation(noun, trouble, defeat, pass, difficulty)
6
sin(noun, action, weakness, crack, fault)
5
faultiness(noun, defect, imperfection, limitation, inadequacy)
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