5
poor(adjective, flat, low, sick, depressed)
4
destitute(adjective, flat, poor, low, depressed)
4
disadvantaged(adjective, poor, depressed, destitute, deprived)
4
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, depressed)
4
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
4
poverty-stricken(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
4
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
3
deprived(adjective, poor, depressed, destitute, penurious)
3
indigent(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
2
beggarly(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
in want(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
2
pauperized(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
badly off(expression, adjective, poor, depressed, destitute)
1
bad off(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
1
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
begging(adjective, desirous, wishful, piggish, tight-fisted)
1
behind eight ball(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
1
bereaved
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