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Deprived of or lacking (something)

Having suffered the death of a loved one

Completely lacking in something that is expected or needed

Feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness

Abandoned, or left unused or unoccupied

Limited or insufficient in quantity

Without or lacking in

Subject to deprivation

Abandoned and helpless

Having constant bad luck in romance

Past tense for to deprive or take away something important or valuable from someone

Past tense for to reject someone and exclude them from one's inheritance

Past tense for to unlawfully take possession of something

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Adjective

Deprived of or lacking (something)

“There are the owners who go and leave their dogs at home for six or seven hours a day, bereft of human company and unable to relieve themselves.”

Adjective

Having suffered the death of a loved one

heavy with grief

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

overcome with sorrow

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Completely lacking in something that is expected or needed

completely lacking in

no longer affected by

unprovided with

without contents

containing nothing

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Adjective

In mourning

Adjective

Feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

conscience-stricken

self-reproachful

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

heavy with grief

unfavourable^UK

discombobulated

demoralizing^US

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

overcome with sorrow

demoralising^UK

in sackcloth and ashes

self-condemnatory

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

heart-wrenching

ill-humoured^UK

prostrate with grief

unable to be consoled

unable to be comforted

with a long face

beside oneself with grief

discountenanced

having blue devils

having the blahs

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

on the verge of tears

racked with suffering

racked with pain

full of hardship

self-incriminating

in floods of tears

beyond contempt

with tears in your eyes

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Abandoned, or left unused or unoccupied

left in the cold

left in the lurch

out of the window

without a friend in the world

me myself and I

me and my shadow

without an escort

traveling light

without friends

left at the altar

with no one to turn to

all by one's self

self-sufficient

uncompanionable

unrecognized^US

out in the cold

unrecognised^UK

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Adjective

Limited or insufficient in quantity

in short supply

few and far between

hard to come by

not to be had for love nor money

scarcer than hen's teeth

too little too late

not good enough

coming up short

dissatisfactory

less than ideal

less-than-stellar

not up to standard

not up to scratch

not up to expectations

leaving much to be desired

thin on the ground

inconsequential

seldom met with

with an insufficiency

lacking in detail

with too little …

with too few …

with an insufficiency of

not cut out for

in the minority

out of the ordinary

cobbled together

on the back of an envelope

under construction

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Without or lacking in

Adjective

Subject to deprivation

underprivileged

poverty-stricken

in reduced circumstances

unable to make ends meet

on the bread line

unable to keep the wolf from the door

on the breadline

in straitened circumstances

strapped for cash

without two pennies to rub together

as poor as a church mouse

without two farthings to rub together

without two brass farthings to rub together

without a red cent

without a brass farthing

on one's uppers

in Queer Street

without a penny

without two pennies farthings to rub together

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

discriminated against

inadequately serviced

of no fixed address

of no fixed abode

down to last cent

economically disadvantaged

in distressed circumstances

on the wallaby track

on one's beam ends

poor as a church mouse

in dire straits

on one's beam-ends

behind eight ball

without a penny to one's name

in administration

in receivership

in Carey Street

gone to the wall

without a shot in one's locker

in the hands of the receivers

financially poor

in dire circumstances

down to last penny

in the poorhouse

in financial difficulties

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

financially distressed

financially embarrassed

without means of support

out of business

unable to pay one's debts

financially ruined

taken to the cleaners

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Abandoned and helpless

Adjective

Having constant bad luck in romance

crossed in love

unrequited in love

overly affectionate

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Verb

Past tense for to deprive or take away something important or valuable from someone

“Their melancholy solitude was only broken in upon by attempts to bereave them of their best consolation.”

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Past tense for to reject someone and exclude them from one's inheritance

Verb

Past tense for to unlawfully take possession of something

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