| depletion(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| diminutiveness(noun, littleness) |
| failure(disadvantage, imperfection, inadequacy, destitution, faultiness) |
| flyspeck(noun, insufficiency) |
| frugality(noun, stinginess) |
| indigence(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| infrequency(lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency) |
| insignificance(noun, weakness, shakiness, fragility, thinness) |
| minuteness(noun, littleness) |
| miserliness(noun, insufficiency, stinginess) |
| need(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| paltriness(noun, lack, scarcity, littleness, scantiness) |
| pittance(noun, insufficiency) |
| privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| puniness(noun, littleness) |
| rarity(lack, delicacy, inadequacy, scarcity, fineness) |
| shortness(noun, want, need, loss, miss) |
| slenderness(lack, delicacy, scarcity, fineness, scantiness) |
| slim pickings(expression, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity) |
| speck(noun, insufficiency) |