1
miserably poor(expression, adjective, poor, sick, distressed)
1
narrow
1
needed(important, capital, essential, vital, chief)
1
on the breadline(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
1
on the rocks(expression, idiom, flat, poor, exhausted)
1
pauper
1
played out(expression, flat, poor, exhausted, wanting)
1
pressing(essential, required, needed)
1
required(important, capital, essential, vital, fundamental)
1
stone broke(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
1
stony(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
1
totaled(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
1
truly needy(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
1
unmoneyed(adjective, poor, sick, distressed, destitute)
1
unprosperous(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
1
up against it
1
vital(important, essential, fundamental, reliable, necessary)
1
wanting(poor, distressed, lacking, destitute, impoverished)
1
without(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
0
afflicted(adjective, sick, tormenting, stricken, hospitalized)
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