4
drought(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
4
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
flaw
4
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
inefficiency(noun, weakness, skill, failure, lack)
4
insolvency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
malnutrition
4
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
smallness(lack, scarcity, scantiness, rareness)
3
blemish(noun, weakness, failure, lack, failing)
3
decline
3
destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
exiguousness(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage)
3
failing(noun, weakness, lack, flaw, defect)
3
fault(noun, weakness, lack, failing, flaw)
3
frailty(noun, weakness, skill, failure, lack)
3
impotence(noun, weakness, skill, failure, shortcoming)
3
irregularity(noun, disparity, inadequacy, imbalance)
3
minimum(noun, fewness)
3
penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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