4
lack(noun, want, need, deficiency, absence)
3
need(noun, want, loss, reduction, deficiency)
3
shortage(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
3
shortcoming(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
3
truncation
2
concision(noun, abruptness, brevity, briefness, transience)
2
curtailment(noun, want, need, loss, miss)
2
dearth(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
2
exiguity(noun, want, need, loss, miss)
2
fewness(noun, littleness)
2
hoarseness
2
huskiness
2
impatience(noun, irritation, annoyance, inability, pique)
2
meagerness(noun, want, need, loss, miss)
2
poverty(noun, want, need, loss, miss)
2
precipitance
2
precipitancy
2
prostration
2
puniness(noun, littleness)
2
scarcity(noun, want, need, loss, reduction)
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