39
penniless(adjective, feature, characteristic, flat, poor)
37
poor(adjective, weak, flat, poor, low)
27
destitute(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
26
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
26
poverty-stricken(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
22
broke(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
22
indigent(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
19
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
17
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
16
insolvent(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
15
penurious(adjective, flat, poor, low, small)
14
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
12
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
10
distressed(adjective, poor, destitute, broke, needy)
10
hard up(expression, adjective, idiom, trouble, flat)
10
lean(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
10
scanty(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
10
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
9
barren(adjective, hard, poor, dry, bare)
9
depleted(verb, adjective, hard, poor, dry)
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