32
poor(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
31
impoverished(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
23
broke(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
23
impecunious(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
23
insolvent(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
23
penurious(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
23
poverty-stricken(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
15
destitute(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
15
indigent(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
15
necessitous(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
15
needy(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
13
inferior(adjective, feature, characteristic, fault, poverty)
13
scanty(adjective, feature, characteristic, covering, poverty)
12
inadequate(adjective, feature, characteristic, fault, poverty)
12
unsatisfactory(adjective, feature, characteristic, fault, poverty)
12
wretched(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty, meanness)
10
cheap(adjective, characteristic, fault, meanness, offence)
9
mean(adjective, characteristic, covering, meanness, offence)
8
abominable(adjective, characteristic, fault, meanness, offence)
7
bankrupt(adjective, feature, characteristic, poverty)
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