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  • 41poor — I (inferior in quality) adjective bad, badly made, barely passable, base, beggarly, below par, below standard, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, defective, deficient, dubious, faulty, flimsy, gimcrack, imperfect, inadequate, inartistic …

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  • 42needy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. in want, destitute, indigent, moneyless, impecunious, penniless, poverty stricken; poor as a churchmouse. See poverty.Ant., satisfied, well off. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. destitute, indigent,… …

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  • 43penniless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent, needy, bankrupt, impecunious, poor, broke (sl.). See poverty. Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. poverty stricken, lacking means, indigent, broke*; see poor 1 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 44impoverished — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. poverty stricken, bankrupt, broke*; see insolvent , poor 1 , ruined 4 . See Synonym Study at poor . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. poor, destitute, poverty stricken, indigent, penniless, impecunious, ruined, needy,… …

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  • 45Poverty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Poverty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 poverty poverty indigence penury pauperism destitution want Sgm: N 1 need need neediness Sgm: N 1 lack lack necessity privation …

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  • 46poor — [poor] adj. [ME pore < OFr povre < L pauper, poor < IE base * pōu , small > FEW, FOAL] 1. a) lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished b) indicating or characterized by poverty 2.… …

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  • 47hard up — adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities • Syn: ↑impecunious, ↑in straitened circumstances, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑pen …

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  • 48in straitened circumstances — adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities • Syn: ↑hard up, ↑impecunious, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 49pinched — adjective 1. sounding as if the nose were pinched (Freq. 1) a whining nasal voice • Syn: ↑adenoidal, ↑nasal • Similar to: ↑high, ↑high pitched • …

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  • 50impecuniously — adverb : in an impecunious manner an impecuniously situated family plodding his way impecuniously through life * * * impecunˈiously adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑impecunious …

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