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What is another word for badly off?

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In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty

Poverty-stricken or very poor

Adjective

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In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty

“Forcing more social security recipients to involuntarily seek employment would make some badly off people even worse off.”

Adjective

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Poverty-stricken or very poor

economically disadvantaged

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

in reduced circumstances

on the breadline

in straitened circumstances

without two pennies to rub together

as poor as a church mouse

unable to make ends meet

without two farthings to rub together

bankrupt

in Queer Street

down and out

without two brass farthings to rub together

unable to keep the wolf from the door

dead broke

without a red cent

short of money

without a brass farthing

without a penny to one's name

without two pennies farthings to rub together

poor as a church mouse

suffering

scanty

low

meager^US

meagre^UK

financially distressed

in financial difficulties

without a shot in one's locker

financially embarrassed

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

without means of support

discriminated against

in distressed circumstances

completely lacking in

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What is another word for badly off?

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