4
stony-broke
3
deficient(adjective, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
3
in reduced circumstances(expression, adjective, idiom)
3
meager(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
3
moneyless(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
3
needful(adjective, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished)
3
unprosperous(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
3
very poor(expression, idiom, poor, distressed, destitute)
2
bad off(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
beggar
2
bereft(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting, bankrupt)
2
bust(poor, bankrupt, destitute, penniless, insolvent)
2
dead broke(expression, adjective, poor, exhausted, bankrupt)
2
depleted(adjective, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
2
depressed population
2
dirt-poor
2
dirt poor(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
discontented(adjective, sad, unhappy, down, depressed)
2
flat broke(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
not prosperous
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