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asceticism(noun, poverty)
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bare cupboard
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bare existence(noun, expression, breadline)
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bare subsistence
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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default(noun, ruin, failure, need, lack)
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deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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depletion(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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difficulties
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difficulty(noun, pass, distress, failure, want)
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embarrassment(noun, poverty)
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emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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empty purse
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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grinding poverty
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gripe
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inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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