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starvation(noun, pass, passion, desire, difficulty)
20
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
17
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
15
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
14
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
14
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
12
want(noun, pass, passion, desire, difficulty)
12
lack(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
9
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
6
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
absence(noun, lack, deficiency, inadequacy)
5
inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
scantiness(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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