5
infrequency(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, insufficiency)
5
meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
sparsity(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, insufficiency)
4
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
malnutrition
4
meagreness
4
privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
4
shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, fault)
4
skimpiness(noun, need, lack, inadequacy, absence)
4
sparseness(noun, lack, scantiness, rareness)
4
uncommonness(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, insufficiency)
4
underage(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
3
inadequateness
3
destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
failure(noun, weakness, lack, failing, deficiency)
3
minimum(noun, fewness)
3
penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
scant
3
scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
3
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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