2
distressed(adjective, poor)
2
have-not(adjective, poor)
2
pauper(adjective, poor)
2
poverty-stricken(adjective, poor)
2
scrimpy(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
2
stingy(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
abstentious(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
bald(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
bare(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
barebones(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
bereft(adjective, poor)
1
bush-sick(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
busted(adjective, poor)
1
crummy(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
dilapidated(adjective, poor)
1
down-and-out(adjective, poor)
1
emaciate(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
emaciated(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
1
embarrassed(adjective, poor)
1
exiguous(adjective, poor, small, boring)
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