2
none to spare(expression, idiom, insufficiency)
2
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
2
privation(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
2
problem(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar)
2
sickliness(noun, weakness, delicacy, shakiness, fragility)
2
snag(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar)
2
sparsity(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
2
speck(noun, insufficiency)
2
stupidity(noun, ignorance, inability, incapacity, incompetence)
2
taint(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, defect)
2
underdevelopment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
undersupply
2
unproductiveness(inutility, uselessness, unsuccessfulness)
2
unsoundness(noun, invalidity)
1
abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
abortion(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
1
abridgement(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
1
adulteration
1
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
arrear
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