75 entries under dearth topic. ×

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poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
8
drawback(noun, trouble, check, block, difficulty)
7
default(noun, decline, failure, want, need)
7
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
6
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
6
privation(noun, trouble, defeat, pass, difficulty)
5
inferiority(noun, weakness, want, need, loss)
5
loss(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, damage)
4
bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
4
deprivation(noun, trouble, defeat, difficulty, bar)
4
destitution(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
4
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
limitation(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar)
3
shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
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