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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 be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death

Past tense for to deprive by or as if by violence

Past tense for to remove or take away from

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

Past tense for leave bare of accessories or fittings

Past tense for steal, deprive

Past tense for to expel or send away, especially permanently

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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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Adjective

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

conscience-stricken

sick as a parrot

self-reproachful

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

heavy with grief

unfavourable^UK

discombobulated

demoralizing^US

down-in-the-mouth

overcome with sorrow

demoralising^UK

in sackcloth and ashes

self-condemnatory

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

heart-wrenching

sorry for oneself

ill-humoured^UK

disadvantageous

prostrate with grief

sorry for yourself

unable to be consoled

unable to be comforted

having blue devils

having the blahs

with a long face

beside oneself with grief

discountenanced

on the verge of tears

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

racked with suffering

racked with pain

full of hardship

self-incriminating

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

beyond contempt

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Adjective

Abandoned, or left unused or unoccupied

left in the cold

left in the lurch

without friends

out of the window

with no one to turn to

without a friend in the world

all by one's self

left at the altar

without companions

feeling friendless

surplus to requirements

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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

barely sufficient

seldom met with

on the small side

with an insufficiency

lacking in detail

thinly distributed

with too little …

with too few …

with an insufficiency of

in the minority

out of the ordinary

not cut out for

cobbled together

on the back of an envelope

under construction

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Adjective

Without or lacking in

Adjective

Subject to deprivation

underprivileged

poverty-stricken

in reduced circumstances

on the bread line

unable to make ends meet

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

in Queer Street

without a penny

down on one's luck

without two pennies farthings to rub together

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

discriminated against

down to last cent

economically disadvantaged

in dire straits

in distressed circumstances

of no fixed address

of no fixed abode

inadequately serviced

on one's beam ends

poor as a church mouse

on the wallaby track

on one's beam-ends

on your beam-ends

behind eight ball

without a penny to one's name

on one's uppers

unfavourable^UK

without a roof over one's head

without a shot in one's locker

financially poor

in dire circumstances

down to last penny

without a penny to your name

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

disadvantageous

in administration

in receivership

in Carey Street

out of business

gone to the wall

in the hands of the receivers

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Adjective

Abandoned and helpless

in difficulties

without assistance

without resources

left in the lurch

disadvantageous

out in left field

left at the altar

left in the cold

out of the window

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Adjective

Having constant bad luck in romance

crossed in love

unrequited in love

overly affectionate

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Verb

Past tense for be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death

“The new booklet is dedicated to individuals and families who have been bereaved by suicide.”

Verb

Past tense for to deprive by or as if by violence

left parentless

Verb

Past tense for to remove or take away from

Verb

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

Verb

Past tense for leave bare of accessories or fittings

Verb

Past tense for steal, deprive

Verb

Past tense for to expel or send away, especially permanently

given the 1-2-3

removed from office

removed from power

gave someone the boot

given someone the boot

gave the bum's rush

given the bum's rush

showed the door

threw out on your ear

thrown out on your ear

removed by force

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