|  hard-pressed 
 
 facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty (Freq. 1)
 - distressed companies need loans and technical advice
 - financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
 - we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
 - found themselves in a bad way financially
 • Syn:
 distressed, hard put, in a bad way
 • Similar to:
 troubled
 
 
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