2
unmoneyed(poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished, broke)
2
unprosperous(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
bad off(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
1
behind eight ball(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
1
bust
1
concupiscent(adjective, passionate, hot)
1
deprived
1
dirt poor(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
1
disadvantaged
1
down to bedrock(expression, idiom)
1
empty-handed(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
feeling the pinch(expression, idiom)
1
flat broke(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
1
fortuneless(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
hard
1
hard-pressed
1
hard pressed
1
ill off
1
in desperate straits(expression, idiom)
1
in extremis
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