5
unlucky(adjective, bad, inappropriate, unsuccessful, luckless)
4
poor(adjective, bad, flat, low, unhappy)
4
unfortunate(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, unsuccessful)
4
unhappy(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
3
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
3
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
badly off(expression, adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished)
2
broke(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
destitute(adjective, bad, flat, poor, low)
2
distressed(adjective, sick, tormenting, stricken, hospitalized)
2
fortuneless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
2
hapless(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
2
hard up(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
ill-starred(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
2
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
indigent(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
low(adjective, flat, poor, meager, destitute)
2
luckless(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
2
out of luck(expression, adjective, idiom, bad, inappropriate)
2
pinched(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
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