Thesaurus / necessitous
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The reasons for its adoption were, and are, still obviously wise, although not necessitous.
ANTONIO STRADIVARIHORACE WILLIAM PETHERICKAlleviate the toil of the necessitous, but do not prevent their useful employment of time and means.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXThis venerable woman was prompt and undelaying in the relief she afforded to the necessitous.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IIFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXHe chose a night when a steady, blowing rain had driven all but limousined and most necessitous traffic from the streets.
CHILDREN OF THE WHIRLWINDLEROY SCOTTYet the cost of so formidable a journey would be far beyond this necessitous one's means.
KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURSERNEST BRAMAHHis childhood was indeed a little necessitous, and he died early, and in debt, after some years of very bad health.
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMANLAURENCE STERNEShe fed the hungry and clothed the naked; many a loaf of bread she carried with her own hands to the necessitous.
GATHERING JEWELSJAMES KNOWLES AND MATILDA DARROCH KNOWLESThe next letter is from one who materially aided her in helping the necessitous.
GATHERING JEWELSJAMES KNOWLES AND MATILDA DARROCH KNOWLESThe necessitous potentate could often urge his desire for a “loan” by very persuasive methods.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 17, SLICE 6VARIOUSThis Society was instituted in 1784, with the object of relieving the necessitous children of Irish parents resident in London.
SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES OF H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES: 1863-1888EDWARD VIIWORDS RELATED TO NECESSITOUS
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- empty-handed
- flat
- flat broke
- 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
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