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pinch(weakness, failure, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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pittance(noun, insufficiency)
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privation(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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red ink(noun, expression, loss, imperfection, deficit)
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retrenchment(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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sectional(noun, incompleteness)
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segmental(noun, incompleteness)
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short
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short measure
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shrinkage(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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shrinking(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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slightness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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slump
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sparseness(noun, insufficiency)
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speck(noun, insufficiency)
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starvation
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stinginess(noun, insufficiency)
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stint(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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tightness(weakness, failure, lack, deficiency, shortage)
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