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| insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| deficiency(noun, trouble, decline, ruin, defeat) | |
| lack(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress) | |
| shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| defect(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar) | |
| poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want) | |
| scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| deficit(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass) | |
| paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| want(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, skill, failure) | |
| inferiority(noun, weakness, want, loss) | |
| shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want) | |
| absence(noun, state, weakness, want) | |
| meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) | |
| famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) | |
| skimpiness(noun, failure, lack, defect) | |
| default(noun, decline, weakness, failure, want) |
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