26
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
13
indigent(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
13
poor(adjective, trouble, flat, low, rich)
11
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
11
destitute(adjective, trouble, flat, poor, low)
11
poverty-stricken(adjective, trouble, flat, poor, low)
10
broke(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
10
impoverished(adjective, trouble, flat, poor, low)
10
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
10
penurious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
8
skint(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, broke)
7
insolvent(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
7
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
7
pinched(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
7
short(adjective, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished)
7
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
5
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, distressed)
5
in straitened circumstances(expression, adjective, idiom)
5
on one's uppers
5
straitened
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