175 entries under noun topic. ×

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speck(weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
3
starvation(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
tightness(weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
2
bankruptcy(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
barrenness(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
beggary(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
debit(discrepancy, shortfall)
2
demerit(weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
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exiguity(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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flyspeck
2
impoverishment(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
inferiority(want, need, loss, reduction)
2
lapse(weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
2
loss(weakness, failure, want, need)
2
necessity(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
part
2
penury(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
pittance
2
shortness(want, need, loss, reduction)
2
unsoundness(weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
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