18 entries under deficiency topic. ×

20
aridity(noun, passion, desire, lack)
15
dearth(noun, want, lack, shortage)
11
scarcity(noun, want, lack, shortage)
10
lack(noun, verb, shortage, scarcity)
8
want(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity)
6
famine(noun, want, lack, shortage)
4
need(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity)
4
insufficiency(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity)
3
desiccation(noun, lack, shortage, dryness)
3
dehydration(noun, lack, shortage, dryness)
2
dry spell(noun, expression, idiom, lack)
2
inadequacy(lack, shortage, scarcity, nonexistence)
1
privation(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity)
1
rainlessness(noun, lack, shortage, dryness)
0
omission(lack, nonexistence)
0
parchedness(noun, lack, shortage, dryness)
-1
unavailability(lack, nonexistence)
-1
void(lack, nonexistence)
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