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default(noun, ruin, failure, need, lack)
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deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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destitute
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difficulties
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disaster(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, failure)
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downer(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship)
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drag(noun, trouble, difficulty, hardship, misfortune)
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embarrassment(noun, poverty)
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empty purse
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exigency(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, need)
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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flaccidity
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griminess(noun, filthiness, dirtiness, muddiness)
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grinding poverty
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gripe
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grubbiness(noun, grime, filthiness, filth, dirtiness)
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hand-to-mouth existence
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hard knocks(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag)
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hard time(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag)
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holy mess(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, want)
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