2
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
2
destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
discrepancy(noun, shortage, shortfall)
2
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
inferiority(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
insolvency(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
2
insubstantial
2
interval
2
iou(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
2
missing link(expression, idiom, incompleteness)
2
mortgage(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
2
note(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
2
obligation(noun, charge, damage, balance, capital)
2
part(noun, incompleteness)
2
privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
2
skimpiness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, shortage)
2
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
voucher(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
1
abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
abortion(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
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