cash-strapped

adjective

1. short of money; impoverished

   cash-strapped local authorities

Example Sentences

Although reports surfaced that the cash-strapped owner was looking to sell the property for $14 million, he denied that he had put his Hamptons home on the market.

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See more: Medical credit cards offer a lifeline for cash-strapped patients.

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Read more: Medical credit cards offer a lifeline for cash-strapped patients.

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Venezuela’s armed forces have a fleet of Russian-made Sukhoi fighters, but their ability to engage in combat is doubtful given lack of maintenance by the cash-strapped Maduro regime.

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At the start of Tuesday night’s meeting at the Palisades Recreation Center, Jimmy Kim, general manager of the city’s cash-strapped parks department, made clear that questions about the location of the temporary library were “outside the scope” of the gathering and would not be answered.

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