103 entries under shortage topic. ×

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debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
6
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
6
underage(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
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defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, failing)
5
imperfection(noun, weakness, failure, lack, failing)
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incompleteness(noun, loss, defect, deficiency, inadequacy)
4
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
3
debit(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
3
failing(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, weakness)
3
inadequateness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy)
3
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
2
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
2
dead horse(noun, expression, idiom, damage, balance)
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defectiveness(loss, defect, imperfection, inadequacy)
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destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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discrepancy(noun, shortfall)
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impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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