scarcity want dearth shortage paucity deficiency drought insufficiency lack poverty scantiness undersupply crunch deficit drouth failure inadequacy inadequateness lacuna pinch rareness scarceness shortfall starvation deprivation destitution exiguity unavailability absence sparseness meagreness sparsity scantness limitedness defalcation underage need default defect rarity leanness curtailment tightness shortcoming infrequency weakness lapse meagerness privation uncommonness loss paltriness shortness barrenness dehydration aridity desiccation slightness bareness fewness smallness slenderness penury stringency neglect omission inefficiency ineffectuality unfitness needfulness exclusion arrears debt debit nonexistence indebtedness void slippage discrepancy dues imperfection foible failing flaw defectiveness decrease blemish reduction abridgment abridgement fallibility infirmity incompleteness blight pitfall faultiness vice decline absenteeism inaccessibility