15
moneyless(adjective, characteristic, position, flat, poor)
14
beggared(adjective, characteristic, position, flat, poor)
13
short(adjective, characteristic, poor, status, distressed)
12
clean(adjective, characteristic, position, informal, poverty)
12
lacking(adjective, characteristic, position, poor, exhausted)
12
pauperized(adjective, characteristic, position, flat, poor)
11
cash-strapped(adjective, characteristic, position, status, poverty)
11
in straitened circumstances(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
10
bust(adjective, characteristic, poor, status, deprivation)
10
distressed(adjective, characteristic, poor, status, deprivation)
10
needful(adjective, characteristic, position, poor, distressed)
10
reduced(adjective, characteristic, flat, poor, low)
9
straitened(adjective, characteristic, status, deprivation)
9
down and out(verb, expression, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb)
9
dead broke(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
9
deprived(adjective, characteristic, poor, status, deprivation)
9
dirt-poor(adjective, characteristic, position, poverty)
9
dirt poor(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
9
disadvantaged(adjective, characteristic, poor, status, deprivation)
9
famished(adjective, characteristic, position, poverty)
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