68 entries under insufficiency topic. ×

30
lack(noun, verb, pass, difficulty, distress)
25
want(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
25
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
22
inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
19
need(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
18
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
17
privation(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
17
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
15
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
15
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
15
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
13
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
9
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
8
exigency(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, need)
8
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
7
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
pinch(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
6
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
5
scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
5
sparseness(noun, lack, scarcity, scantiness)
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