6
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
6
deprived(adjective, poor, depressed, destitute, impoverished)
6
disadvantaged(adjective, poor, depressed, destitute, impoverished)
6
on one's uppers(adjective, idiom, rich)
5
badly off(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, poor)
5
beggarly(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
5
in need(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
5
pauperized(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
5
short(adjective, poor, exhausted, distressed, lacking)
5
skint(adjective, poor, wanting, destitute, impoverished)
5
up against it(expression, adjective, idiom)
4
barren
4
dead
4
distressed(adjective, poor, broken, poverty, destitute)
4
down and out(verb, expression, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb)
4
lean
4
low(adjective, flat, poor, sad, unhappy)
4
miserable(adjective, sad, unhappy, down, depressed)
4
pauper
4
ruined(adjective, poor, bankrupt, destitute, impoverished)
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