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Deprived of, or lacking in, something that is expected or needed

Having suffered the death of a loved one

Below an amount or level that is adequate

Feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness

Having been abandoned or cast aside

Subject to deprivation

Having constant bad luck in romance

Helpless, typically from being abandoned

Not producing the expected result

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 in, something that is expected or needed

completely lacking in

no longer affected by

unprovided with

unfamiliar with

unacquainted with

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“The furniture was limited to a big cupboard bereft of doors and some mattresses lying on the mud floor itself.”

Adjective

Having suffered the death of a loved one

“Writing a heartfelt letter of condolence to the bereft widower, Freud spoke of a senseless, brutal act of fate that had robbed them of Sophie.”

Adjective

Below an amount or level that is adequate

in short supply

hard to come by

few and far between

coming up short

thin on the ground

barely sufficient

not to be had for love nor money

scarcer than hen's teeth

too little too late

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no consequence

not worth bothering about

underrepresented

on the small side

not appropriate for

seldom met with

with an insufficiency

with an insufficiency of

in the minority

thinly distributed

out of the ordinary

with too little …

with too few …

lacking in detail

smallest amount of

on the back of an envelope

hard to swallow

hard to believe

scarcely credible

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Adjective

Feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

deeply saddened

with a long face

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

extremely saddened

at the end of your tether

deeply regretful

discombobulated

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

conscience-stricken

having the blahs

having blue devils

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

at end of one's rope

on the verge of tears

poverty-stricken

behind the eightball

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

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Adjective

Having been abandoned or cast aside

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

on one's uppers

in Queer Street

without a brass farthing

economically disadvantaged

without a penny

without two pennies farthings to rub together

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

down to last cent

discriminated against

in distressed circumstances

on one's beam ends

poor as a church mouse

completely lacking in

in dire straits

on one's beam-ends

behind eight ball

without a penny to one's name

without a shot in one's locker

financially poor

in dire circumstances

down to last penny

financially distressed

in financial difficulties

financially embarrassed

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

without means of support

in the poorhouse

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Adjective

Having constant bad luck in romance

Adjective

Helpless, typically from being abandoned

in difficulties

without assistance

without resources

disadvantageous

left in the lurch

up creek without paddle

with hands tied

counterproductive

without success

not good enough

lacking ability

in vicious circle

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

no great shakes

leaving much to be desired

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Adjective

Not producing the expected result

not good enough

dissatisfactory

less than ideal

less-than-stellar

not up to scratch

less than optimal

less than satisfactory

not up to expectations

leaving much to be desired

not up to standard

not all it's cracked up to be

not up to snuff

no great shakes

leaving a lot to be desired

a load of pants

bargain-basement

good-for-nothing

undistinguished

lacking in detail

strictly for the birds

of poor quality

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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.”

Verb

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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