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scarcity(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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paucity(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, lack, excess)
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dearth(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
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poverty(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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shortage(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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deficiency(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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inadequacy(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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insufficiency(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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lack(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
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want(noun, weakness, failure, lack, shortage)
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defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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deficit(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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rarity(noun, lack, smallness, shortage, scarcity)
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famine(noun, lack, deficiency, smallness, shortage)
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meagerness(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, dearth)
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sparsity(lack, smallness, shortage, scarcity, scantiness)
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need
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rareness(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity, scantiness)
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scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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