badly off
broke
depressed
destitute
dire
distressed
donsie
doomful
down to bedrock
embarrassed
evil-starred
fatal
feeling the pinch
fortuneless
funest
hapless
hard up
ill off
ill-starred
impecunious
impoverished
in Queer Street
in adverse circumstances
in narrow circumstances
in reduced circumstances
in straitened circumstances
inauspicious
indigent
land-poor
low
luckless
narrow
needy
ominous
on the edge
out of luck
out of pocket
pinched
planet-struck
poor
poorly off
reduced
sad
short
short of cash
short of funds
short of luck
short of money
squeezed
star-crossed
Louisiana
brownish-purple
circumstances
conditions
excursive
ill-managed
long-sighted
long-since
non-metro
oeconomical
out-of-bounds
soporiferous
uh-oh
unappreciative
unboyish
uninformative
unpropitious
waiting