105 entries under deficiency topic. ×

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sparsity(noun, lack, shortage, insufficiency)
4
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
4
shortcoming(noun, weakness, condition, failure, fault)
4
uncommonness(noun, lack, shortage, insufficiency)
3
destitution(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
failure(noun, weakness, lack, failing)
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penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
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shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
stringency(noun, lack, shortage)
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tightness(noun, weakness, failure, lack)
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, lack)
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exigency(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
2
necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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APASmart Define. (2016). scarcity thesaurus. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/scarcity/thesaurus/synonyms
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MLASmart Define. "scarcity thesaurus" 15 January 2016. Web. 26 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/scarcity/thesaurus/synonyms>