4
penuriousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
3
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
misery(noun, hardship, deprivation)
3
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
straits(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
insolvency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
pass(noun, difficulty, distress, failure, want)
2
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
reduction(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
adversity(noun, hardship, deprivation)
1
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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