4
incompleteness(noun, defect, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy)
4
malnutrition
4
paltriness(noun, lack, scarcity, littleness, rareness)
4
puniness(noun, littleness)
4
rareness(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
4
sparsity(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
4
stinginess(noun, insufficiency)
3
brevity(noun, smallness, littleness, tininess)
3
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
3
defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, loss)
3
exiguousness(noun, need, lack, deficiency, shortage)
3
imperfection(noun, weakness, lack, failing, defect)
3
jejuneness
3
miserliness(noun, insufficiency)
3
niggardliness(noun, insufficiency)
3
pinch(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
3
thinness
3
tightness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
2
barrenness(noun, poverty, pennilessness)
2
compactness(noun, smallness, littleness)
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