6
impecuniousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
5
absence(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
5
beggarliness(noun, poverty)
5
difficulty(noun, trouble, pass, distress, confusion)
5
homelessness(noun, poverty, vagrancy)
5
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
bankruptcy(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
4
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
mendicancy(noun, poverty)
4
misfortune(noun, trouble, defeat, worry, difficulty)
4
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
calamity(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
3
drought(noun, want, scarcity)
3
impecuniosity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, confusion)
3
insolvency(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
pennilessness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
3
pinch(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
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