| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abysmal | extremely bad |
| 2. | ailing | ill or weak |
| 3. | appalling | shockingly bad |
| 4. | atrocious | shockingly bad |
| 5. | awful | very bad |
| 6. | bad | low in quality |
| 7. | battered | damaged by hard use |
| 8. | beggarly | extremely poor or inadequate |
| 9. | bleak | cold, bare, and miserable |
| 10. | broke | without money |
| 11. | cash-strapped | short of available money |
| 12. | cheap | inferior or low-cost |
| 13. | crummy | bad or low-quality |
| 14. | deficient | lacking what is needed |
| 15. | deplorable | shockingly bad |
| 16. | deprived | lacking essentials or benefits |
| 17. | destitute | extremely lacking money or resources |
| 18. | dire | extremely bad or serious |
| 19. | disadvantaged | lacking opportunities or resources |
| 20. | dismal | gloomy or very poor |
| 21. | down-and-out | destitute and defeated |
| 22. | emaciated | extremely thin from hunger |
| 23. | enfeebled | made weak |
| 24. | execrable | extremely bad |
| 25. | feeble | weak or ineffective |
| 26. | frail | weak and delicate |
| 27. | frightful | very bad |
| 28. | gaunt | thin from hunger or illness |
| 29. | ghastly | shockingly bad |
| 30. | grimy | dirty and shabby |
| 31. | hard-up | short of money |
| 32. | hopeless | very bad or ineffective |
| 33. | horrible | very bad or unpleasant |
| 34. | impecunious | having little or no money |
| 35. | impoverished | lacking money or resources |
| 36. | in want | lacking necessities |
| 37. | inadequate | not good or enough |
| 38. | incompetent | not capable enough |
| 39. | indigent | very poor and needy |
| 40. | ineffective | not producing results |
| 41. | inferior | lower in quality |
| 42. | insufficient | not enough |
| 43. | lackluster | unimpressive or dull |
| 44. | lacklustre | unimpressive or dull |
| 45. | lamentable | very disappointing or regrettable |
| 46. | lousy | very bad |
| 47. | low-grade | of inferior quality |
| 48. | low-income | having little income |
| 49. | low-quality | not well made or good |
| 50. | lowly | humble or socially poor |
| 51. | malnourished | badly nourished |
| 52. | meager | small and inadequate |
| 53. | mediocre | only average; not good |
| 54. | miserable | very bad or inadequate |
| 55. | modest | limited in amount or quality |
| 56. | moneyless | having no money |
| 57. | necessitous | needy and lacking essentials |
| 58. | needful | lacking necessities |
| 59. | needy | lacking basic necessities |
| 60. | on the breadline | barely able to survive financially |
| 61. | paltry | small or contemptibly inadequate |
| 62. | pauperized | reduced to poverty |
| 63. | penniless | having no money |
| 64. | pitiful | pathetically small or bad |
| 65. | poverty-stricken | suffering severe poverty |
| 66. | puny | small and weak |
| 67. | ragged | worn, torn, or shabby |
| 68. | ramshackle | rickety and poorly maintained |
| 69. | rickety | weakly built or unstable |
| 70. | rotten | very bad or corrupt |
| 71. | rubbishy | worthless or very bad |
| 72. | run-down | worn out or neglected |
| 73. | scant | barely sufficient |
| 74. | scanty | too small or insufficient |
| 75. | second-rate | not first-class |
| 76. | shoddy | badly made or dishonest |
| 77. | sickly | often ill or unhealthy |
| 78. | sparse | thinly supplied or inadequate |
| 79. | strapped | short of money |
| 80. | substandard | below acceptable quality |
| 81. | tacky | cheap or tasteless |
| 82. | tawdry | showy but cheap |
| 83. | terrible | very bad |
| 84. | thin | weak or lacking substance |
| 85. | third-rate | very low in quality |
| 86. | trashy | worthless or low-quality |
| 87. | underfed | not fed enough |
| 88. | undernourished | not getting enough food |
| 89. | underprivileged | lacking social or economic advantages |
| 90. | unhealthy | not healthy |
| 91. | unimpressive | not impressive or strong |
| 92. | unprosperous | not financially successful |
| 93. | unsatisfactory | not acceptable or good enough |
| 94. | useless | not effective or adequate |
| 95. | valueless | having no worth |
| 96. | wanting | lacking required quality |
| 97. | weak | lacking strength or quality |
| 98. | worn-out | exhausted or badly used |
| 99. | worthless | having no value |
| 100. | wretched | very bad or miserable |