95 entries under scarcity topic. ×

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privation(noun, trouble, defeat, pass, difficulty)
5
loss(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, damage)
5
smallness(lack, insufficiency, inferiority, scantiness)
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drought(noun, lack, shortage, nonexistence)
4
bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
4
defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, loss)
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deprivation(noun, trouble, defeat, difficulty, bar)
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destitution(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
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fewness(lack, scantiness, rareness)
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impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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sparseness(noun, lack, insufficiency, scantiness)
3
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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vacancy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
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debt(noun, defeat, pass, wrong, evil)
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depletion(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
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emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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