3
impotence(noun, weakness, skill, failure, fault)
3
incompetence(noun, weakness, skill, failure, lack)
3
irregularity(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
3
kink(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
3
odds
3
poverty(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
3
scarcity(noun, weakness, condition, failure, fault)
2
asymmetry(disparity, inequity)
2
blot(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
2
blunder(noun, mistake, error, avoidance, evasion)
2
break(noun, weakness, crack, fault, blemish)
2
crack(noun, weakness, fault, blemish, flaw)
2
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
2
damage(noun, difficulty, weakness)
2
delinquency(avoidance, evasion, nonpayment)
2
dereliction(noun, weakness, lack, failing, imperfection)
2
destitution(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
disproportion(disparity, inequity)
2
faultiness(defect, deficiency, imperfection, limitation, inadequacy)
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