3
moneyless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
3
needful(adjective, poor, important, capital, essential)
3
scanty(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
3
stony-broke
3
urgent(essential, required, needed)
2
bad off(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
badly off(expression, adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished)
2
bereft(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
2
compulsory(essential, required, needed)
2
dirt poor(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
flat broke(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
importunate
2
inadequate
2
insufficient
2
mandatory(essential, necessary, required, needed)
2
miserable(adjective, sick, tormenting, stricken, hospitalized)
2
obligatory(essential, necessary, required, needed)
2
requisite(important, capital, essential, vital, fundamental)
2
ruined
2
stripped(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
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