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adjective
Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
synonyms: hard up, impecunious, penniless, penurious, pinched.
is similar to: poor.
derivation: indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury | impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness.
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