95 entries under scarcity topic. ×

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lack(noun, verb, trouble, check, pass)
30
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
inadequacy(noun, trouble, decline, ruin, defeat)
20
want(noun, verb, defeat, pass, difficulty)
20
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
20
defect(noun, trouble, check, disorder, difficulty)
19
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
19
weakness(noun, trouble, charge, check, disorder)
18
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
18
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
17
deficit(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
17
need(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
15
absence(noun, state, want, need, lack)
13
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
12
failure(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, weakness)
10
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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)
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