reduced circumstances

reduced circumstances
used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy

a divorcee living in reduced circumstances

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reduced circumstances
formal : a situation in which you have less money than you used to have

He found himself living in reduced circumstances after he lost his job.

We will have to adjust to our reduced circumstances.

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Main Entry:reduce

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reˌduced ˈcircumstances idiom
the state of being poorer than you were before. People say living in reduced circumstances to avoid saying poor .
Main entry:reduceidiom

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