乏 - destitution, scarce, limited

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

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

poor person; the poor

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

to get scarce; to run short

hardships and privations

a poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor

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

budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap

shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

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