3
sparse(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
stony-broke
3
ungiving(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
2
Scrooge-like
2
adenoidal
2
avarice
2
badly off(expression, adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished)
2
bereft(adjective, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
2
busted(adjective, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
2
cadaverous
2
churlish(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
2
curmudgeonly(adjective, close, mean, spare, careful)
2
deficient(adjective, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
2
dirt poor(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
down and out(verb, expression, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb)
2
economizing
2
extortionate(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
2
gaunt
2
haggard
2
half ass
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