111 entries under shortage topic. ×

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arrears(noun, failure, loss, imperfection)
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default(noun, decline, weakness, failure, want)
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defectiveness(noun, loss, defect, imperfection)
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frailty(noun, weakness, skill, failure, lack)
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inaptness(noun, defect, imperfection, inability)
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unfitness(noun, weakness, skill, failure, lack)
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defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, loss)
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
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bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, pass)
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bug(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw)
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demerit(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw)
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drought(lack, deficiency, scarcity, nonexistence)
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loss(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, weakness)
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necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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privation(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
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sparsity(noun, lack, deficiency, scarcity)
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underdevelopment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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