Failure and Famine

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Failure noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.

Usage example: the failure of the potato crop had a devastating effect on the population of Ireland

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Famine and failure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Famine" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Famine noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.

Usage example: there's a famine of good general practitioners in many rural areas

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Failure and famine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Famine".

Nearby Word: famished

real	real failure	real famine
constant	constant failure	constant famine
massive	massive failure	massive famine
disastrous	disastrous failure	disastrous famine
Other adjectives: last, sudden, resulting, aforementioned.

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