24 entries under shortage topic. ×

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scarcity(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
3
scantiness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
2
deficiency(noun, weakness, failure, lack)
2
leanness(noun, weakness, failure, lack, lapse)
2
paucity(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
curtailment(noun, weakness, failure, lack, lapse)
1
dearth(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
defalcation(noun, weakness, failure, lack, lapse)
1
deficit(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
failure(noun, weakness, lack, deficiency)
1
inadequacy(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
insufficiency(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
lack(noun, weakness, failure, deficiency)
1
lapse(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
pinch(noun, weakness, failure, lack, lapse)
1
poverty(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
shortfall(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
underage(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
1
want(noun, weakness, failure, lack, deficiency)
0
defect(noun, weakness, failure, lack)
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