needy

adj.

[1]

poor , indigent , poverty-stricken , destitute , impoverished , penniless , impecunious , necessitous , underprivileged , deprived , disadvantaged , below the poverty level , in dire straits , in/on the way to the poorhouse , in reduced circumstances , down-and-out , insolvent , (Colloq) on one's uppers , dead/flat/stony-broke , hard up , strapped , pinched , on the breadline , up against it , (Brit) on the dole , (US) dead broke , on welfare , on relief

[2]

destitute , impoverished , indigent , necessitous , poverty-stricken