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dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
26
lack(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
insufficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
paucity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
25
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
20
want(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
20
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
18
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
16
inadequacy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
16
need(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
15
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
15
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
12
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
11
rarity(noun, thing, lack, deficiency, shortage)
10
absence(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
9
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
8
defect(noun, weakness, condition, failure, fault)
8
fewness(noun, lack, shortage, scantiness, rareness)
7
drought(noun, want, lack, deficiency, shortage)
7
rareness(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, insufficiency)
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