5
pauperism(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
scantness
4
baseness
4
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
leanness
4
squalor(noun, poverty, filthiness, filth, dirtiness)
3
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
3
embarrassment(noun, poverty)
3
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
impecuniousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
3
neediness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
pennilessness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
beggarliness(noun, poverty)
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