3
debit(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
3
delinquency(noun, debt)
3
disaster(noun, defeat, affection, bomb, disappointment)
3
failing(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, weakness)
3
flop(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
3
hiatus(noun, incompleteness)
3
inadequateness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, shortage)
3
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
overthrow(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
3
rout(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
3
scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
3
washout(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
2
arrearage(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
2
balance(noun, capital, liability, arrears, debit)
2
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
credit(noun, damage, balance, capital, liability)
2
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
2
dead horse(noun, expression, idiom, damage, balance)
2
decrease(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
defectiveness(loss, defect, imperfection, inadequacy, shortage)
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