5
indispensable(adjective, important, capital, essential, vital)
5
on one's uppers(adjective, idiom, poor, rich)
5
pauperized(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
5
skint(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, broke)
5
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
4
deprived(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, needy)
4
disadvantaged(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, needy)
4
down-and-out(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
4
essential(adjective, important, capital, vital, chief)
4
flat(adjective, poor, low, informal, exhausted)
4
low(adjective, flat, poor, meager, destitute)
4
prerequisite(adjective, important, capital, essential, vital)
4
reduced(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
4
short(adjective, poor, distressed, lacking, wanting)
3
distressed(adjective, poor, sick, poverty, destitute)
3
exigent(essential, required, needed)
3
imperative(important, capital, essential, vital, fundamental)
3
in need(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
3
lean
3
meager(adjective, flat, poor, low, destitute)
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