53 entries under lack topic. ×

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paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
pennilessness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
2
difficulty(noun, pass, distress, failure, depression)
2
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
necessitousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
pinch(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
scantiness(noun, need, poverty, absence)
2
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
straits(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
absence(noun, need, inadequacy)
1
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
defect(noun, need, absence)
1
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
depletion(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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