6
failure(noun, weakness, lack, failing, deficiency)
6
privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
6
rarity(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity, scantiness)
6
skimpiness(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
5
defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
5
destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
handful(noun, fewness)
5
shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
5
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
4
inadequateness(noun, defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy)
4
infrequency(lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency)
4
malnutrition
4
sparsity(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
3
imperfection(noun, weakness, lack, failing, defect)
3
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
minimum(noun, fewness)
3
miserliness(noun, insufficiency)
3
niggardliness(noun, insufficiency)
3
penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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