7
in want(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
7
on one's uppers(adjective, idiom, rich)
7
short(adjective, poor, informal, lacking, wanting)
5
bereft(adjective, flat, poor, exhausted, lacking)
5
deprived(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, needy)
5
disadvantaged(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, needy)
5
stony-broke
5
straitened
4
badly off(expression, adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished)
4
down and out(expression, adjective, idiom, poor, sick)
4
flat(adjective, poor, low, exhausted, meager)
4
in need(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
4
pauperized(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
4
pinched(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
4
shabby(adjective, poor, shape)
3
bad off(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
3
hard
3
homeless(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, broke)
3
lean
3
moneyless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
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