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Lacking in material possessions or financial wealth

In harsh or grievous circumstances

Characterized by poverty or a lack of productivity

Causing unhappiness or discomfort

Untidy or in bad condition

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Adjective

Lacking in material possessions or financial wealth

in straitened circumstances

on the breadline

strapped for cash

as poor as a church mouse

without two pennies to rub together

in Queer Street

unable to make ends meet

on one's uppers

without a penny

without two farthings to rub together

financially poor

on one's beam-ends

in dire circumstances

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

without a penny to one's name

on one's beam ends

without a shot in one's locker

behind eight ball

poor as a church mouse

down to last penny

on the bread line

down to last cent

on a tight budget

in the poorhouse

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

out of business

in dire straits

economically disadvantaged

discriminated against

in distressed circumstances

in administration

in receivership

in Carey Street

unable to pay one's debts

financially ruined

taken to the cleaners

gone to the wall

in the hands of the receivers

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

Adjective

In harsh or grievous circumstances

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

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Adjective

Characterized by poverty or a lack of productivity

Adjective

Causing unhappiness or discomfort

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

in the doldrums

full of hardship

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

given to looking on the black side

heart-wrenching

cursed with ill-luck

with a long face

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

a load of pants

behind the eightball

behind eight ball

having tough luck

having hard luck

having a bad break

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Adjective

Untidy or in bad condition

gone to rack and ruin

down-at-the-heels

all the worse for wear

unprepossessing

falling to pieces

poorly maintained

the worse for wear

having seen better days

down-at-the-heel

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