| meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| necessitousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| often financial(noun, expression, difficulty, lack, hardship) |
| pass(noun, difficulty, distress, failure, want) |
| paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| pinch(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| poor |
| reduction(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| scantiness(noun, need, lack, poverty, absence) |
| scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| tight squeeze |
| underdevelopment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| vacancy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| wealth |
| absence(noun, need, lack, inadequacy) |
| default(noun, need, lack, inadequacy, absence) |
| defect(noun, need, lack, absence) |
| desperate straits(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |