68 entries under insufficiency topic. ×

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drought(want, lack, shortage, scarcity)
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rareness(lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
4
skimpiness(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
3
absence(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
3
defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
failure(noun, decline, weakness, lack, deficiency)
3
shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
sparsity(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
3
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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flyspeck
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inadequateness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, shortage)
2
inanition
2
pittance
2
speck
2
uncommonness(lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
1
blemish(defect, deficiency, imperfection, limitation, inadequacy)
1
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
1
default(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
1
defectiveness(defect, imperfection, inadequacy, shortage, inability)
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