| deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| lack(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| want(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| need(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want) |
| poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, skill, failure) |
| deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness) |
| imperfection(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw) |
| shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want) |
| absence(noun, state, weakness, want, need) |
| defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want) |
| failure(noun, weakness, skill, mistake, lack) |
| incompetence(noun, weakness, skill, failure, lack) |
| famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |