| unrewarded(adjective, unsuccessful) |
| poor(adjective, flat, low, sick, meager) |
| bare-handed |
| beggarly(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick) |
| famished |
| impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| pauperized(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| unsuccessful(adjective, worsted, unslaked, hamstrung) |
| bad off(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low) |
| bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| behind eight ball(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor) |
| broke(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| defeated(adjective, unsuccessful) |
| destitute(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| dirt poor(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low) |
| down-and-out(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| empty |
| flat broke(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low) |
| fortuneless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick) |