| want(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage) |
| dearth(noun, need, lack, shortage, absence) |
| exiguity |
| insufficiency(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage) |
| scantiness(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage) |
| absence(noun, need, lack, miss, defect) |
| deficiency(noun, need, lack, shortage, absence) |
| lack(noun, need, deficiency, shortage, absence) |
| parsimony |
| paucity(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage) |
| scarcity(noun, need, lack, deficiency, inadequacy) |
| shortage(noun, need, lack, deficiency, absence) |
| slim pickings(noun, expression, lack, deficiency, scarcity) |
| austerity |
| daintiness |
| default(noun, need, lack, miss, defect) |
| defect(noun, need, lack, miss, deficiency) |
| delicacy |
| famine(noun, need, lack, deficiency, inadequacy) |
| inadequacy(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage) |