150 entries under deficiency topic. ×

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shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
8
absence(noun, state, weakness, want, need)
8
incompleteness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, loss)
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scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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fault(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar)
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meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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default(noun, decline, weakness, failure, want)
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frailty(noun, weakness, skill, failure, lack)
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infirmity(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, defect)
3
defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, loss)
3
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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fallibility(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, defect)
3
foible(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, defect)
3
scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
3
weak point(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, weakness)
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bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
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bug(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw)
2
catch(noun, weakness, failing, flaw, defect)
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decline(noun, ruin, defeat, neglect, collapse)
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