3
ruined
3
stony(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
3
wanting(adjective, poor, lacking, destitute, broke)
2
busted(adjective, flat, poor, exhausted, lacking)
2
dead
2
dirt poor(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
flat broke(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
hand-to-mouth(adjective, poor)
2
have-not(adjective, poor)
2
miserable(adjective, mean, poor, sad, unhappy)
2
needful(adjective, poor, destitute, broke)
2
on relief
2
pauper(adjective, poor)
2
reduced(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
rock
2
sordid
2
squalid(adjective, poor)
2
stripped(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
2
suffering(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
2
up against it
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