1
embarrassed(adjective, poor)
1
empty(flat, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
1
empty-handed(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
1
exhausted(flat, poor, lacking, wanting, bankrupt)
1
fleeced
1
fortuneless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
1
ghettoized
1
impeccable
1
impencunious(adjective, poor, sick, destitute, tormenting)
1
in dire circumstances(expression, adjective, idiom, poor, sick)
1
in low cotton
1
in need of(expression, idiom, flat, poor, exhausted)
1
in rags
1
in reduced circumstances
1
inadequate
1
insufficient
1
lacking(flat, poor, exhausted, wanting, bankrupt)
1
low(adjective, flat, poor, nasty, sad)
1
meager(adjective, mean, flat, poor, low)
1
mendicant
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