6
insolvent(adjective, poor, bankrupt, destitute, broke)
5
bankrupt(adjective, poor, destitute, broke, ruined)
5
in debt(expression, adjective, poor, bankrupt, due)
4
debt(noun, money, balance, capital, liability)
3
at a loss(expression, adjective, idiom, overdrawn, insolvent)
3
broke(adjective, poor, bankrupt, destitute, ruined)
3
destitute(adjective, poor, bankrupt, broke, derelict)
3
in hock(noun, expression, adjective, damage, balance)
3
in the hole(noun, expression, adjective, idiom, damage)
3
penniless
2
delinquent(adjective, overdrawn, insolvent)
2
down-and-out(adjective, destitute)
2
embarrassed
2
encumbered
2
hard
2
in arrears(expression, adjective, due, overdrawn, insolvent)
2
in difficulties
2
in dire straits(adjective, overdrawn, insolvent)
2
in the gutter(expression, idiom, bankrupt, destitute, derelict)
2
indebted
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