2
bust(verb, break, reduce, ruin, dismiss)
2
dearth(noun, weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
2
demote(verb, break, reduce, ruin, lower)
2
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failure(noun, weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
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frailty(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw)
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inadequacy(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw)
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insufficiency(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw)
2
minus(noun, difficulty, weakness, disadvantage)
2
pass
2
peccability(wrong, evil, fault, immorality, shortcoming)
2
reduce(verb, break, ruin, dismiss, lower)
2
wickedness(wrong, evil, fault, shortcoming, vice)
1
abase(verb, reduce, lower, humble, degrade)
1
after
1
anger(wrong, evil, fault, immorality, shortcoming)
1
bankrupt(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue)
1
bench(verb, break, reduce, dismiss, lower)
1
black mark
1
blot(noun, flaw, defect, deficiency)
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