6
unlucky(adjective, characteristic, quality, collapse, failure)
5
down-and-out(adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness, blight)
5
flat(adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness, blight)
5
impecunious(adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness, blight)
5
unpromising(adjective, characteristic, quality, collapse, failure)
4
broke(adjective, characteristic, quality, depression, sadness)
4
in want(expression, adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness)
4
scanty(adjective, characteristic, quality, depression, sadness)
4
strapped(adjective, characteristic, quality, depression, sadness)
3
hopeless(adjective, characteristic, quality, collapse, failure)
3
flat broke(expression, adjective, characteristic, quality, secure)
3
floundering(adjective, characteristic, quality, collapse, failure)
3
in need(expression, adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness)
3
ruined(adjective, characteristic, quality, collapse, failure)
3
beggarly(adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness, blight)
3
behind eight ball(expression, adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness)
3
collapsing(adjective, characteristic, quality, collapse, failure)
3
dead broke(expression, adjective, characteristic, quality, sadness)
3
deprived(adjective, characteristic, quality, depression, bankruptcy)
3
destroyed(adjective, characteristic, quality, collapse, failure)
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