10
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
8
meagerness(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
6
exiguity
5
leanness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, shortage)
5
meagreness
5
poorness
4
dearth(weakness, failure, lack, shortage, scarcity)
4
insufficiency(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
4
poverty(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
4
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
3
defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
3
deficit(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
3
inadequacy(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
3
lack(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
3
paucity(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
3
scarcity(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
3
shortage(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
2
deficiency(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
2
famine(lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency)
2
impoverishment
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