91 entries under scarcity topic. ×

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bankruptcy(noun, decline, pass, difficulty, distress)
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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debt(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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failure(noun, decline, weakness, lack, deficiency)
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paltriness(lack, unimportance, scantiness, rareness)
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shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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sparsity(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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depletion(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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emptiness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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rarity(lack, scantiness, rareness)
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reduction(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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uncommonness(lack, deficiency, shortage, insufficiency)
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abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
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default(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
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exiguousness(noun, need, lack, miss, defect)
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hunger
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