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unprosperous
[pros-per-uhs] 
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failing
[fey-ling]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well, weak |
| Synonyms: | declining, defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsufficient, unthriving, vain, wanting |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
| Antonyms: | healthy, ok, rebounding, strong, thriving, well |
| Main Entry: | needy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived, impoverished |
| Synonyms: | beggared, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down at heel, down to last cent, down-and-out, flat*, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking sufficient money |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlucky, bad |
| Synonyms: | adverse, afflicted, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, ill-starred, in a bad way, inappropriate, infelicitous, inopportune, jinxed, lamentable, luckless, out of luck, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, shattered, star-crossed, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched |
| Antonyms: | fortunate, good, happy, lucky, timely |
| Main Entry: | ill-chosen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate |
| Synonyms: | adverse, afflicted, awkward, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, ill-starred, in a bad way, inappropriate, inept, infelicitous, inopportune, jinxed, lamentable, luckless, out of luck, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, shattered, star-crossed, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched |
| Main Entry: | infelicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate |
| Synonyms: | adverse, afflicted, awkward, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-chosen, ill-fated, ill-starred, in a bad way, inappropriate, inept, inopportune, jinxed, lamentable, luckless, out of luck, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, shattered, star-crossed, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched |
| Main Entry: | necessitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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