5
broken
5
in need(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
5
jejune(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
5
miserable(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
5
slender(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
5
sparse(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
5
straitened
4
bare(adjective, hard, poor, small, dry)
4
busted(adjective, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
4
desolate
4
down and out(expression, adjective, idiom, poor, depressed)
4
dry(adjective, hard, bare, empty, stale)
4
empty(adjective, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
4
flat(adjective, poor, low, exhausted, meager)
4
flat broke(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
4
hand-to-mouth(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
4
hard(adjective, dry, bare, stale, barren)
4
meager(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
4
stony-broke
4
stripped(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting, bankrupt)
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