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n. an insufficient quantity or number

n. an acute insufficiency

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n. an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"

lack, deficiency, want

n. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

poverty, poorness, impoverishment

n. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

scarcity, scarceness

n. a small and inadequate amount

privation, want, deprivation, neediness

n. a state of extreme poverty

starvation, famishment

n. a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

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abundance

n. (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty

n. a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat

abundance

n. (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

wealth, wealthiness

n. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"

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