4
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
4
difficulties
4
drought(want, lack, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency)
4
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
pass(noun, difficulty, distress, failure, want)
4
rareness(lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency)
4
skimpiness(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
4
strait(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, mess)
4
trouble(noun, difficulty, depression, want, sadness)
3
absence(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
3
adversity(noun, trouble, difficulty, depression, want)
3
austerity(lack, adversity, privation)
3
bankruptcy(noun, decline, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
destitute
3
failure(noun, decline, weakness, lack, deficiency)
3
homelessness
3
impoverished
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