cash-starved
Lacking liquid assets
Cash-starved describes an organization or entity that lacks the money needed to operate effectively.
A cash-starved company can't invest in growth or pay its bills on time.
The cash-starved nonprofit had to cut programs.
The term emphasizes ongoing deprivation rather than a momentary shortage—chronic financial strain that limits what an entity can do.
Failure to reach quota
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- squeezedPressed firmly together
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
- strappedLacking available funds
Unable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- debt-riddenBurdened by borrowings
- defaultPreset standard option
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
liquidation · receivership · creditors · arrears · deficit · bailout · bankruptcy · indebtedness
Experiencing serious difficulty
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- hand-to-mouthConsuming resources immediately
- scroungingSeeking handouts resourcefully
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
pleading · distressed · hard-pressed · crisis · emergency · survival · urgent · dire
Reducing expenditures deliberately
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
trimming · rationing · restraint · frugality · parsimony · tightening · curtailment · cost-cutting
shortfall
Failure to reach quota
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- squeezedPressed firmly together
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
bankrupt
Unable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- debt-riddenBurdened by borrowings
- defaultPreset standard option
foreclosure · liquidation · receivership · creditors · arrears · deficit · bailout · bankruptcy · indebtedness · underwater
struggling
Experiencing serious difficulty
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- hand-to-mouthConsuming resources immediately
- scroungingSeeking handouts resourcefully
begging · pleading · distressed · hard-pressed · crisis · emergency · survival · urgent · dire · floundering
belt-tightening
Reducing expenditures deliberately
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
pruning · trimming · rationing · restraint · frugality · parsimony · tightening · curtailment · cost-cutting · scrimping