1
rarity(lack, smallness, shortage, scarcity, scantiness)
1
ravenousness(noun, desire, craving, greed, yearning)
1
reduction(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
severe food shortage(expression, idiom)
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sparsity(lack, deficiency, smallness, shortage, scarcity)
1
sterileness
1
sterility
1
stinginess(noun, insufficiency)
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stomach for(expression, desire, craving, yearning)
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straits(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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tenuity(noun, poverty)
1
uncommonness(lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency)
1
underdevelopment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
unfertileness
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unfruitfulness
1
unproductiveness
1
void(noun, passion, desire, craving, greed)
1
voracity(noun, desire, craving, greed, yearning)
1
wantage
1
withered loins
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