乏 - destitution, scarce, limited

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

poor person; the poor

deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)

hypoxemia; hypoxia

parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save

god of poverty

shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)

short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

to get scarce; to run short