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shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
17
deficiency(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
17
lack(noun, verb, pass, difficulty, distress)
15
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
13
inadequacy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
13
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
11
loss(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, weakness)
10
default(noun, decline, weakness, failure, want)
10
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
10
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
10
shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
10
want(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
9
defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
8
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
8
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
7
absence(noun, weakness, want, lack)
7
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
6
debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
6
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
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