2
on relief
2
on welfare
2
reduced(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
stony(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting, bankrupt)
2
stripped(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting, bankrupt)
2
wanting(adjective, poor, exhausted, distressed, lacking)
2
wiped out(expression, adjective, poor, exhausted, wanting)
2
wretched(adjective, sad, unhappy, down, depressed)
1
starveling
1
bad
1
behind eight ball(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
1
bereaved
1
busted(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting, bankrupt)
1
cheapened(poor, deprived, rundown)
1
chronic poverty area(expression, idiom)
1
cleaned out(expression, poor, bankrupt, destitute, impoverished)
1
come off badly(expression, idiom)
1
deficiency
1
demanding
1
depressed(adjective, poor, sad, unhappy, down)
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