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shortage(noun, weakness, condition, failure, fault)
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vice(noun, wrong, evil, weakness, fault)
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incompleteness(noun, weakness, lack, loss, failing)
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bug(noun, help, point, weakness, informal)
7
default(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
7
need(noun, weakness, want, lack, loss)
7
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
6
absence(noun, weakness, want, need, lack)
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demerit(noun, wrong, evil, point, difficulty)
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error(noun, wrong, evil, weakness, crack)
6
gap(noun, difficulty, weakness, fault, lack)
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liability
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omission(noun, avoidance, evasion, nonpayment, incompleteness)
5
catch(noun, point, weakness, crack, informal)
5
disadvantage(noun, difficulty, weakness, burden, fault)
5
disparity(inequality, inequity)
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inadequateness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, limitation, inadequacy)
5
inequality(disparity, inequality, inequity)
5
inferiority(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
5
mistake(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
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