2
reduced(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
short(adjective, weak, weakening, worsening, deteriorating)
2
star-crossed(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
2
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
unmoneyed(adjective, sick, tormenting, stricken, hospitalized)
1
adverse(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
1
afflicted(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, awkward)
1
bad off(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
1
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
1
beggarly(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
behind eight ball(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
1
broken(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
1
burdened(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
1
calamitous(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
1
cursed(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
1
damaging(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
1
deplorable(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
1
depressed
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