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lean
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meager(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
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nasal
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on skid row
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on the skids
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penury
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played out(expression, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
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poorest
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scanty(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
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scruffy(adjective, poor)
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shabby(adjective, poor)
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skeletal
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slummy
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squalid(adjective, poor)
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stranded(poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished, broke)
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stripped(poor, exhausted, lacking, poverty, wanting)
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suffering(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
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totaled(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting, bankrupt)
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truly needy(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
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unprosperous(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
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