5
underage(noun, weakness, condition, loss, excess)
4
flaw
4
meagerness(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
4
poverty(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
4
scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
4
scarcity(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
3
defectiveness(noun, loss, imperfection, deficit, insufficiency)
3
destitution(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
3
loss(noun, want, need, reduction, deficiency)
3
omission(noun, incompleteness)
2
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
2
debit(noun, shortage, discrepancy)
2
defalcation(weakness, failure, lack, loss, deficiency)
2
deprivation(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
drought
2
gap(noun, loss, deficit, incompleteness, underperformance)
2
inferiority(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
overdue(noun, nonpayment)
2
shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
skimpiness(noun, insufficiency, scantiness, meagerness)
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