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Dressed in old or worn clothes

In harsh or grievous circumstances

Characterized by poverty or a lack of productivity

Causing unhappiness or discomfort

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Extremely poor

on the breadline

in straitened circumstances

without a penny

financially poor

strapped for cash

as poor as a church mouse

down on one's luck

in dire circumstances

in Queer Street

on your beam-ends

unable to make ends meet

without two pennies to rub together

without two farthings to rub together

underprivileged

in reduced circumstances

without two brass farthings to rub together

without a red cent

without a brass farthing

unable to keep the wolf from the door

without two pennies farthings to rub together

behind eight ball

on one's uppers

on the bread line

on one's beam ends

without a shot in one's locker

poor as a church mouse

in distressed circumstances

of no fixed address

of no fixed abode

down to last cent

down to last penny

on one's beam-ends

without a penny to one's name

discriminated against

on the wallaby track

without a penny to your name

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

in the poorhouse

in dire straits

out of business

in administration

in receivership

in Carey Street

gone to the wall

in the hands of the receivers

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

economically disadvantaged

unable to pay one's debts

financially ruined

taken to the cleaners

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“His mission was to capture the poverty-stricken lives of rural sharecroppers.”

Adjective

Dressed in old or worn clothes

down-at-the-heels

poorly maintained

falling apart at the seams

the worse for wear

having seen better days

all the worse for wear

gone to rack and ruin

falling to pieces

on its last legs

down-at-the-heel

seen better days

badly maintained

unprepossessing

underprivileged

decrepit. in ruins

out of condition

in bad condition

down at the heel

cheap and nasty

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Adjective

In harsh or grievous circumstances

energy-consuming

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Adjective

Characterized by poverty or a lack of productivity

nonreproductive

as dry as a bone

Adjective

Causing unhappiness or discomfort

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

unfavourable^UK

a load of pants

bargain-basement

disadvantageous

in the doldrums

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

uncommunicative

heart-wrenching

given to looking on the black side

having the blahs

having blue devils

singing the blues

foolish-looking

full of hardship

dissatisfactory

beyond contempt

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