2
paltry(adjective, poor, low, careless, miserable)
2
pathetic(poor, miserable, wretched)
2
pauper(adjective, poor)
2
petty(adjective, obscure, low, miserable, humble)
2
pitiable(poor, miserable, wretched)
2
pitiful(adjective, mean, obscure, low, miserable)
2
scaly
2
scummy(poor, dirty, miserable, wretched, shabby)
2
septic(adjective, unclean)
2
small(poor, miserable, wretched, pathetic)
2
tousled(adjective, wild, sloppy, shabby, untidy)
2
ungroomed(adjective, rough, bedraggled)
2
wild(adjective, untidy, unkempt, tousled)
2
worthless(poor, miserable, wretched)
1
abominable
1
ailing(shabby, tacky, dingy, dilapidated, sordid)
1
arrant
1
bankrupt(adjective, poor)
1
beat-up
1
beat up(expression, wild, shabby, tacky, squalid)
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