badly off
bare-handed
beggarly
depressed
dire
distressed
donsie
doomful
down to bedrock
embarrassed
empty-handed
evil-starred
famished
fatal
feeling the pinch
fortuneless
funest
half-starved
hapless
hard up
ill-equipped
ill-furnished
ill-provided
ill-starred
impecunious
impoverished
in Queer Street
in adverse circumstances
in narrow circumstances
in reduced circumstances
in straitened circumstances
inauspicious
land-poor
luckless
narrow
ominous
on short commons
on the edge
out of luck
out of pocket
pauperized
pinched
planet-struck
poor
poorly off
reduced
sad
short
short of cash
short of funds