spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
strike out looking
fall back
penniless
push shit uphill
bail
go to the wall
unambitious
underachieve
shoe string
shoestring
scrape the bottom of the barrel
whip the cat
to little avail
miscarry
champagne taste on a beer budget
slim pickings
fight a losing battle
ambitionless
for lack of trying
unsuccessiveness
push one's luck
low water
princely sum
miss
ambitionlessness
sophomore slump
dime
pinch
downstat
underprivilege
fail
pound-foolish
stinginess
imperfectibility
budget
bring off
impecunious
shiftlessness
tight-assed
pauce
tightfistedness
fall flat on one's face
unfulfillment
shortcoming
badly off
unattainment
penurious
dither
underambitious
break down
counterproductive
die on the vine
bad off
noninvestment
failure
above water
miss the mark
fall by the wayside
nearly man
default
make hard work of
neglect
trifle
drab
hand to mouth
busted valise
bite the big one
a dumb priest never got a parish
scratch a living
moneyless
wealthless
not win for losing
free-rider problem
spurn
nonfulfilment
roll of the dice
clutch
miss the boat
poverty
nonaccomplishment
privilege
inauspicious
thin
not worth the powder
go nowhere
untoward
adverse
scrape together
the game is not worth the candle
the wheels fell off
nonachievement
emptyhandedness
own goal
not hit a cow's arse with a banjo
oofless
rake together

English words for 'To have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.'

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