3
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
stringency(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage)
3
tightness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
3
undersupply
2
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
2
exigency(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
2
handful(noun, fewness)
2
necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
non-existence
2
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
smallness(lack, scantiness, rareness)
2
smattering(noun, fewness)
2
sprinkling(noun, fewness)
1
loss(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
1
unusualness
1
abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
1
abridgement(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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