7
scantiness(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
7
want(noun, need, lack, absence)
6
inadequacy(noun, failure, need, lack, defect)
6
paucity(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
5
deficiency(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
5
insufficiency(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
4
dearth(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
4
famine(noun, need, lack, inadequacy, absence)
4
meagerness(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
4
poverty(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
4
scarcity(noun, need, lack, inadequacy, absence)
4
shortage(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
3
lack(noun, failure, need, failing, defect)
3
scarceness(noun, insufficiency)
3
stinginess(noun, insufficiency)
2
defect(noun, failure, need, lack, failing)
2
deficit(noun, defect, deficiency, inadequacy, shortage)
2
flyspeck(noun, insufficiency)
2
inadequateness(noun, defect, deficiency, inadequacy, shortage)
2
meanness
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