MeanOF

poverty-stricken

- adjective (adj)

Meaning: in great need financially poor

Synonyms: bad off bankrupt beggared beggarly broke destitute dirt poor distressed down-and-out hard up impencunious impoverished indigent in dire circumstances in want moneyless necessitous needful needy penniless penurious short stone broke stranded strapped unmoneyed wanting

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