truly needy (adjective) poor: lacking sufficient money
Sinonime: bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball,
broke*,
destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke,
flat*, fortuneless, hard up,
impecunious,
impoverished, in need, in want,
indigent, insolvent,
low,
meager, moneyless, necessitous,
needy, pauperized, penniless,
penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken,
reduced,
scanty*, stone broke, strapped,
suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous
Antonime: affluent,
rich,
wealthy