7
absence(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
7
failure(noun, weakness, lack, failing, deficiency)
7
meagreness
7
poorness(noun, need, lack, absence)
7
skimpiness(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
6
diminutiveness(noun, smallness, littleness, tininess)
6
fewness(noun, lack, scarcity, littleness, rareness)
6
littleness(noun, smallness, littleness, tininess)
6
minuteness(noun, smallness, littleness, tininess)
6
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
6
sparseness(noun, lack, delicacy, inadequacy, scarcity)
5
delicacy(noun, inadequacy, littleness, fineness, narrowness)
5
inadequateness(noun, defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy)
5
narrowness(noun, smallness, littleness, fineness, tininess)
5
shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
5
spareness(noun, delicacy, inadequacy, fineness, narrowness)
5
tininess(noun, smallness)
5
underage(noun, weakness, condition, loss, excess)
4
famine(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage)
4
impoverishment(noun, need, lack, poverty, absence)
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