3
interval
3
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3
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3
speck(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
3
starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
tightness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
2
bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
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2
defectiveness(loss, flaw, defect, inadequacy, inability)
2
demerit(noun, weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
2
exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
faultiness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, limitation, inadequacy)
2
fewness(lack, scarcity, scantiness, rareness, infrequency)
2
flyspeck(noun, insufficiency)
2
impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
inferiority(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
lapse(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
2
loss(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
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