乏 - destitution, scarce, limited

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

poor person; the poor

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends

being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate

curly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)

poor household

shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)