137 entries under lack topic. ×

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skimpiness(noun, failure, need, failing)
4
trouble(noun, difficulty, depression, want, sadness)
3
absence(noun, want, need, loss)
3
adversity(noun, trouble, difficulty, depression, want)
3
austerity(adversity, privation)
3
bankruptcy(noun, decline, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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failure(noun, decline, weakness, deficiency)
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misfortune(noun, trouble, difficulty, depression, want)
3
paltriness(unimportance, scarcity, scantiness, rareness)
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shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
sparsity(noun, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
3
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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trial(noun, trouble, difficulty, depression, want)
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affliction(noun, depression, want, sadness)
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aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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calamity(noun, trouble, difficulty, depression, want)
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