| rarity(lack, shortage, scarcity, scantiness, rareness) |
| rift(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish) |
| scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess) |
| snag(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar) |
| sparsity(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency) |
| spot(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish) |
| stinginess(noun, insufficiency) |
| stint(noun, want, need, loss, reduction) |
| taint(noun, weakness, crack, fault, failing) |
| underdevelopment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| undersupply |
| unsoundness(noun, disorder, weakness, crack, fault) |
| wantage |
| wish(noun, want, essential, requirement, necessity) |
| Achilles heel(noun, expression, weakness, fault, lack) |
| abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| abortion(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| absent |
| absurd |
| adulteration |