4
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
malnutrition
3
sparseness(noun, lack, scarcity, insufficiency, scantiness)
3
arrears(noun, failure, loss, obligation, inadequacy)
3
blotch(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
3
catch(noun, verb, weakness, crack, fault)
3
discontinuity(noun, incompleteness)
3
fall(noun, verb, trouble, hurt, defeat)
3
fallibility(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, defect)
3
immaturity(imperfection, incompleteness)
3
limitation(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar)
3
short measure(expression, idiom, incompleteness)
3
shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
3
speck(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
3
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
vacancy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
break(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
2
crack(noun, weakness, fault, blemish, flaw)
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