70 entries under scarcity topic. ×

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beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
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deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
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destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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insolvency(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
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privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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depletion(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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difficulty(noun, pass, distress, failure, want)
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distress(noun, pass, difficulty, failure, want)
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emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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hardship(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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impecuniousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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indigence(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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lapse(weakness, failure, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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