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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| deficit | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| shortfall | /x | Noun, Noun |
| dearth | / | Noun, Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun, Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| glut | / | Noun |
| oversupply | xxx/ | Noun, Adverb |
| paucity | /xx | Noun |
| unavailability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| demand | x/ | Noun |
| supply | x/ | Noun |
| surplus | /x | Noun |
| deficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| lack | / | Noun |
| scarce | / | Adjective |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| mismatch | x/ | Noun |
| overabundance | /xx/x | Noun |
| influx | /x | Noun |
| overcrowding | /xxx | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| imbalance | x/x | Noun |
| manpower | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun |
| surfeit | /x | Noun |
| dwindling | /xx | Noun |
| slowdown | /x | Noun |
| depletion | x/x | Noun |
| disparity | x/xx | Noun |
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| wastage | /x | Noun |
| overcapacity | /xx/xx | Noun |
| availability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| overproduction | /xx/x | Noun |
| stockpile | /x | Noun |
| discrepancy | x/xx | Noun |
| potential | x/x | Noun |
| fluctuation | xx/x | Noun |
| cutbacks | /x | Noun |
| rationing | /xx | Noun |
| upsurge | /x | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| crowding | /x | Noun |
| abundance | x/x | Noun |
| flooding | /x | Noun |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| downturn | /x | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| rarity | /xx | Noun |
| plenty | /x | Noun |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| leakage | /x | Noun |
| backlog | /x | Noun |
| gaps | / | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| defect | /x | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| mismanagement | x/xx | Noun |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| exodus | /xx | Noun |
| drought | / | Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| capacity | x/xx | Noun |
| malfunction | x/x | Noun |
| quantity | /xx | Noun |
| vacancies | /xx | Noun |
| increasing | x/x | Verb |
| misperception | xx/x | Noun |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| overpopulation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| weakness | /x | Noun |
| inaccessibility | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| woes | / | Noun |
| widespread | // | Adjective |
| decrease | x/ | Noun |
| concern | x/ | Noun |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| underage | /xx | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| need | / | Noun |
| want | / | Verb |
| discount | x/ | Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| underrepresentation | xxxxx/x | Noun |
| disproportion | xx/x | Noun |
| underpayment | /xxx | Noun |
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| malnutrition | xx/x | Noun |
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb |
| underachievement | /xx/x | Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| inequity | x/xx | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| demerit | x/x | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| impoverishment | x/xx | Noun |
| pharmacist | /xx | Adjective |
| personnel | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| specie | /x | Noun |
| newsprint | /x | Noun |
| persisting | x/x | Adjective |
| fuelwood | /xx | Noun |
| alleviate | x/xx | Verb |
| petrol | /x | Noun |
| spares | / | Noun |
| fodder | /x | Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Verb |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| handicapped | /xx | Verb |
| wartime | /x | Adjective |
| exacerbating | x/xxx | Verb |
| physician | x/x | Adjective |
| liquidity | x/xx | Noun |
| perennial | x/xx | Adjective |
| hampered | /x | Verb |
| ammunition | xx/x | Noun |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| tide | / | Verb |
| labour | /x | Noun |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| funds | / | Noun |
| remedying | /xxx | Verb |
| firewood | /xx | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| recruits | x/ | Noun |
| nurses | /x | Noun |
| looming | /x | Verb |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb |
| curtailment | x/x | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| depopulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| diminution | xx/x | Noun |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| failing | /x | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun, Verb |
| gallon | /x | Noun |
| hunger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| immunodeficiency | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| inability | xx/xx | Noun |
| incomplete | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| miss | / | Name, Verb |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| penury | /xx | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| rarefaction | /x/x | Noun |
| refinancing | xx/x | Noun |
| shortness | /x | Noun |
| stress | / | Noun, Verb |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| sufficient | x/x | Adjective |
| tension | /x | Noun, Verb |
| underemployment | xxx/x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
