3
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, disadvantage)
3
hardship(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
insolvency(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
pennilessness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
poor
2
begging(noun, request, prayer, poverty, destitution)
2
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
demand
2
destituteness(noun, ruin, failure, loss, liquidation)
2
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
hand-to-mouth existence(noun, expression, breadline)
2
impecuniosity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
motivation
2
motive
2
necessitousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
pinch(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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