without enough money, usually because another organization, such as the government, has failed to provide it:
• Cash-starved schools are having to make cuts.
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cash-starved UK US adjective [usually before noun]
► FINANCE used to describe an organization that does not have enough money, especially because it has not been given enough by a government: »
The cash-starved hospital faces financial failure.
Financial and business terms. 2012.