26
scarcity(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
24
deficiency(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
23
want(noun, distress, failure, need, lack)
21
dearth(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
18
lack(noun, want, need, deficiency, plenty)
13
insufficiency(noun, distress, failure, want, need)
13
shortage(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
12
paucity(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
11
inadequacy(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
10
need(noun, failure, want, lack, deficiency)
10
deficit(noun, distress, want, need, lack)
9
absence(noun, failure, want, need, deficiency)
9
deprivation(noun, distress, want, need, deficiency)
9
poverty(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
8
scantiness(noun, distress, failure, want, need)
8
undersupply(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
6
little(noun, distress, deprivation, deficit, destitution)
6
shortcoming(noun, failure, want, need, deficiency)
6
shortfall(noun, failure, want, need, deficiency)
6
shortness(noun, distress, want, need, deficiency)
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