30
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
20
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
18
destitute(adjective, flat, poor, low, down)
18
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
18
poverty-stricken(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
17
indigent(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
14
poor(adjective, flat, low, sick, rich)
12
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
11
penurious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
8
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
7
beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
7
beggarly(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
7
broke(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
7
hard up(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
7
insolvent(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
7
pinched(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
7
straitened(adjective, poverty)
6
necessary(adjective, important, capital, essential, vital)
5
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
5
in want(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
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