80 entries under scarcity topic. ×

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shortfall(noun, lack, deficiency, insufficiency)
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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failure(noun, lack, deficiency, disadvantage)
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penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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scantiness(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, disadvantage)
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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hardship(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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defect(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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distress(noun, pass, difficulty, failure, want)
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emptiness(noun, pass, passion, desire, difficulty)
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fewness(lack, smallness, scantiness, rareness)
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food shortage(noun, expression, idiom, want, deprivation)
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indigence(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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insolvency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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pauperism(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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