75 entries under distress topic. ×

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pressure(noun, trouble, change, force, fix)
3
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
3
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
2
depletion(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
2
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
2
extremity(noun, trouble, change, fix, pass)
2
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
2
hardship(noun, fix, pass, difficulty)
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impecuniosity(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
2
impecuniousness(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
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inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, weakness)
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insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, weakness)
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necessitousness(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
2
pass(noun, trouble, change, fix, difficulty)
2
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
2
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
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abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
1
acuteness(fix, pass, demand, need)
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aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
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bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, failure)
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