41 entries under deficit topic. ×

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indigence(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
15
penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
11
destitution(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
8
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
8
necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
8
privation(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
7
impoverishment(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
7
lack(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
6
distress(noun, pass, difficulty, failure, want)
6
impecuniousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
bankruptcy(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
4
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
hardship(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
insolvency(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
pennilessness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
necessitousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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