5
privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
scarceness(noun, lack, deficiency, smallness, shortage)
5
shortfall(noun, lack, deficiency, scarcity, insufficiency)
4
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
failure(noun, lack, deficiency, disadvantage, scarcity)
4
penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
scantiness(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage)
4
skimpiness(noun, need, lack, inadequacy, absence)
3
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, disadvantage)
3
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
fast
3
hardship(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
lack of food(noun, expression, idiom, deprivation, starvation)
3
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
shortcoming
2
appetite
2
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
defect(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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