| shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack) |
| shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess) |
| sparseness(noun, lack, smallness, scarcity, insufficiency) |
| failure(noun, weakness, lack, shortage, insufficiency) |
| penury(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, dearth) |
| skimpiness(noun, insufficiency) |
| underage(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack) |
| absence(noun, lack, scarcity, rarity, scantiness) |
| defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, shortage) |
| destitution(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, dearth) |
| drought(lack, shortage) |
| flyspeck(noun, insufficiency) |
| infrequency(noun, lack, shortage, rarity) |
| pinch(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency) |
| pittance(noun, insufficiency) |
| speck(noun, insufficiency) |
| stinginess(noun, insufficiency) |
| crunch |
| inadequateness |
| indigence(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, dearth) |