6
omitted(adjective, absent, absence)
6
shabby(adjective, poor, small, common, insignificant)
6
unsound(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
5
avid(adjective, eager, greedy, hopeful, hungry)
5
barren(adjective, clear, slight, poor, small)
5
coveting(verb, hungering, desiring)
5
demanding(verb, adjective, avid, greedy, rapacious)
5
envious(verb, desiring, desirous of)
5
failing(adjective, preposition, close, light, poor)
5
incompetent(adjective, poor, inadequate, deficient, lacking)
5
lame(adjective, poor, inadequate, imperfection, ineffective)
5
longing(verb, adjective, eager, hopeful, hungry)
5
meagre(adjective, poor, small, common, insignificant)
5
narrow(adjective, poor, small, common, insignificant)
5
niggardly(adjective, poor, small, common, insignificant)
5
sketchy(adjective, incompleteness)
5
substandard(adjective, poor, thin, small, inferior)
5
want
5
wretched(adjective, small, common, insignificant, unimportant)
4
bad(adjective, weak, poor, inferior, inadequate)
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