85 entries under noun topic. ×

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