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What is another word for in distressed circumstances?

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Adjective
Lacking in material possessions or financial wealth
impoverished
poor
destitute
needy
penniless
impecunious
broke
penurious
indigent
skint
underprivileged
insolvent
ruined
bust
boracic
broken
straitened
crippled
poverty-stricken
bankrupt
pauperized
hurting
beggared
hard up
strapped
in want
necessitous
beggarly
dirt-poor
distressed
down-and-out
famished
flat broke
in need
in reduced circumstances
in straitened circumstances
needful
threadbare
down and out
on the breadline
stony broke
boracic lint
deprived
disadvantaged
have-not
low-income
strapped for cash
without a sou
stone broke
cleaned out
as poor as a church mouse
without two pennies to rub together
on one's uppers
without two farthings to rub together
wiped out
without a bean
without a red cent
on skid row
moneyless
badly off
dirt poor
unable to make ends meet
out at elbows
in Queer Street
out of pocket
down on luck
in penury
down at heel
without two brass farthings to rub together
without a penny
short
flat
without a brass farthing
unprosperous
short of money
stony-broke
depressed
lacking
cashless
pinched
in the red
bad off
dead broke
unable to keep the wolf from the door
tapped out
homeless
wanting
stony
stone-broke
fortuneless
busted
reduced
in the gutter
in debt
on one's beam-ends
up against it
truly needy
hard-pressed
on the rocks
without two pennies farthings to rub together
without a penny to one's name
struggling
suffering
rundown
derelict
unfortunate
unlucky
neglected
economically disadvantaged
shabby
seedy
cash-strapped
low-paid
in distress
on the bread line
in Chapter 11
in a bad way
empty-handed
in need of
over a barrel
without a dime
on one's beam ends
without a shot in one's locker
poor as a church mouse
behind eight ball
on last leg
down to last penny
economically deprived
financially disadvantaged
pathetic
abject
bankrupted
vagrant
vagabond
finished
out of money
indebted
overdrawn
unfavored
on a tight budget
unmoneyed
impencunious
down to last cent
scanty
low
meagerUS
craptastic
meagreUK
down-at-heel
denuded
bereft
on the streets
out of cash
forlorn
on the dole
signing on
discriminated against
underserved
dispossessed
on the skids
in the poorhouse
unaffluent
unprivileged
without money
handicapped
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
short of cash
miserably poor
financially poor
extremely poor
in great need
very poor
in dire circumstances
hapless
slummy
ghost
shanty
ghetto
run down
run-down
skid row
in dire straits
ill-fated
ill-starred
“The eight-year sentence on Sarah Catt for performing a late abortion on herself in distressed circumstances caused a public outcry.”
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