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