CASH-STRAPPED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

cash-strapped

adjective

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Recent Examples of cash-strapped The toll has also generated more than $550 million in revenue for the region’s creaky and cash-strapped transit system — exceeding projections, the MTA has said. —

Philip Marcelo, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026 The toll has also generated more than $550 million in revenue for the region's creaky and cash-strapped transit system — exceeding projections, the MTA has said. —

CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026 Fentanyl, by contrast, can be smoked easily and efficiently by users who are often cash-strapped and concerned with cost-effectiveness. —

Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026 The Lees were up with the lark to chat about the major first-look contract with the Royal Court, which is something to cheer about at a time when the arts are cash-strapped and under attack, and under pressure due to economic and political forces. —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025 When her mother’s Southern offices became overextended and cash-strapped, McKissack Daniel had to make the painful decision to shut them down. —

Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 The pandemic left the YMCA cash-strapped and the prospect of a developer bulldozing the camp energized generations of residents and Wewa alumni seeking to save it. —

Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025 But if your small business has been cash-strapped, an out-of-the-blue offer for free funding might feel like a wish come true and break through your skepticism. —

Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 14 May 2025 Recovery efforts have been slow After the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese troops on April 30, 1975, the U.S. imposed a trade and economic embargo on all of Vietnam, leaving the country both war-damaged and cash-strapped. —

Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025

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Adjective

District 3 Commissioner Beasley-Pittman represents many economically distressed areas where residents would most feel the pinch of higher taxes or fewer services.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
Rather than intervene on the distressed woman’s behalf, everyone else avoids eye contact, keeping their faces glued to their phones — including our ashamed hero, who’s about to get a call that will put him face to face with the possibility of fatherhood himself.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026