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shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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deficiency(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
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lack(noun, verb, pass, difficulty, distress)
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insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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inadequacy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
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shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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loss(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, weakness)
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failure(noun, decline, ruin, weakness, lack)
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default(noun, decline, weakness, failure, want)
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paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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want(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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arrears(noun, decline, damage, failure, balance)
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dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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absence(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
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need(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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