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necessitous adj.
poor adj.
strapped adj.

ADJECTIVE

necessitous

Synonyms

WEAK

bad off bankrupt beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke destitute dirt poor down-and-out empty-handed flat flat broke hard up impecunious impoverished in need in want indigent insolvent low meager moneyless needy on one's uppers pauperized penniless penurious pinched poverty-stricken reduced scanty stone broke strapped suffering truly needy underprivileged unprosperous

ADJECTIVE

poor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destitute impoverished indigent low meager needy penniless poverty-stricken underprivileged

STRONG

bankrupt down-and-out flat insolvent scanty suffering

WEAK

bad off beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke dirt poor empty-handed flat broke hard up impecunious in need in want moneyless necessitous pauperized penurious pinched reduced stone broke strapped truly needy unprosperous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

affluent prosperous rich wealthy well-to-do

STRONG

comfortable fortunate solvent

ADJECTIVE

strapped

Synonyms

STRONGEST

impoverished

STRONG

beggared broke

WEAK

dirt poor flat out of money penniless penurious poor stone broke

Antonyms

WEAK

rich wealthy

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Is life richer with a fortuneless love match, or with all the wealth in the world and a stable union devoid of romantic passion?

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

The former this brother," M. d'A. says, "had not energy of character to undertake in the desperate manner in which he risked it himself, friendless and fortuneless, to live in exile as he could.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

What could I, helpless, houseless, fortuneless, be but a weight upon that buoyancy and ambition of eminence which marks superior natures for the superior honours of life.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

What matter that he was fortuneless, a nobody, with but the poorest chances of success in the world?

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Yes, Lesbia loved this fortuneless knight; but she loved herself and her prospects of promotion still better.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

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