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missing(adjective, poor, inadequate, exhausted)
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sparse(adjective, close, light, weak, slight)
6
small(adjective, light, weak, poor, low)
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thin(adjective, close, light, slight, poor)
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failing(adjective, close, light, poor)
5
unqualified(adjective, weak, poor, low, thin)
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lame(adjective, bad, flat, poor, false)
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few(adjective, light, thin, strange, small)
3
limited(adjective, close, light, slight, poor)
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impotent(adjective, weak, poor, low)
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seldom(adjective, light, thin, strange, exceptional)
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uncommon(adjective, light, thin, strange, exceptional)
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unusual(adjective, light, thin, exceptional)
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feeble(adjective, weak, poor, low, miserable)
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few and far between(expression, adjective, idiom, light, thin)
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inconceivable(adjective, light, flat, poor, thin)
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occasional(adjective, light, thin, strange, exceptional)
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semioccasional(adjective, light, thin, strange, exceptional)
1
sporadic(adjective, light, thin, strange, exceptional)
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declining(adjective, weak, weakening, worsening)
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