79 entries under scarcity topic. ×

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curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
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drought(want, lack)
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privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, failing)
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default(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
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deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, loss)
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scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
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sparseness(noun, lack, insufficiency, scantiness)
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starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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tightness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
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bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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fewness(lack, scantiness, rareness, infrequency)
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impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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lapse(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
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necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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weakness(noun, failure, fault, want, lack)
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