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homeless(poor, sad, unhappy, miserable, contemptible)
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ill-starred(poor, depressed, deprived, disadvantaged, struggling)
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impencunious(adjective, poor, short, sick, distressed)
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in dire straits(expression, poor, depressed, deprived, disadvantaged)
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in need(expression, adjective, poor, sick, depressed)
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in the gutter
1
in the pits(expression, idiom, sad, unhappy, pessimistic)
1
in the toilet(expression, idiom, sad, unhappy, pessimistic)
1
insolvent
1
joyless(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
1
lachrymose(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
1
let-down(adjective, sad, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
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long-faced(adjective, sad, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
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low-down(sad, unhappy, miserable, raw, pessimistic)
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low down(expression, unhappy, raw, cast-down, contemptible)
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lowdown(raw, hyper, cast-down, contemptible, abandoned)
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melancholic(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
1
mirthless(adjective, sad, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
1
miserable(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
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miserably poor(expression, adjective, poor, short, sick)
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