37
want(noun, verb, action, upset, hold)
36
need(noun, verb, action, upset, hold)
34
deficiency(noun, trouble, check, pass, difficulty)
29
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
27
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
26
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
21
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
20
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
20
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
19
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
18
absence(noun, state, weakness, condition, want)
18
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
17
inadequacy(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
17
shortcoming(noun, check, point, difficulty, weakness)
15
require(verb, take, order, desire, provoke)
14
defect(noun, trouble, check, difficulty, weakness)
13
miss(noun, verb, take, desire, exact)
11
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
9
privation(noun, trouble, ruin, pass, difficulty)
8
failure(noun, break, ruin, defeat, block)
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