1) Bad off 2) Devoid 3) Disadvantaged 4) Down-and-out 5) Down and out 6) Flat broke 7) Impoverished 8) Indigent 9) In need 10) In want 11) Necessitous 12) Needy 13) Penniless 14) Poor 15) Submerged 1) Completely wanting or lacking 2) Impoverished 3) Impoverished, indigent 4) Indigent 5) Necessitous 6) Needy 7) Poor 8) Poor duet set it off 9) Poverty-stricken 10) Showing no vestige of 11) Stone broke 
• (v. t.) To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. • (a.) Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. • (v. t.) To disappoint. • (a.) Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very po...
Des'ti·tute adjective [ Latin destitutus , past participle of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See Statute .] 1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often f...Des'ti·tute transitive verb 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [ Obsolete] « To forsake or destitute a plantation.» Bacon. 2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of . [ Obsolete] « Destituted
[adj] - poor enough to need help from others
impoverished adjective poor enough to need help from others
[SAT terms] poor enough to need help from others poor enough to need help from others poor enough to need help from others