35
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
30
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
30
lack(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
22
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
21
want(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
19
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
19
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
18
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
15
absence(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
14
fewness(noun, lack, smallness, shortage, scarcity)
14
inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
12
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
12
need(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
12
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
10
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
8
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
8
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
8
smallness(noun, lack, smallness, scarcity, insufficiency)
8
sparseness(noun, lack, scarcity, insufficiency, scantiness)
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