in reduced circumstances meaning

• (euphemistic)
    Impoverished
• 
  [American slang]
  Euph. in poverty.
    After Frederick lost his position, we lived in reduced circumstances while waiting for my inheritance.

• reduced circumstances:    n. [plural](old-fa ...
• circumstances:    Noun: circumstance ...
• reduced:    Adjective: reduced ...

Examples

1. Discount is offered to those in reduced circumstances [ AB1 #  ].
2. His wife established in her will a foundation to benefit actors in reduced circumstances.
3. Fortunately, the museum with its wax models continued-but in reduced circumstances.
4. Latterly she was in reduced circumstances and was obliged to appear as a vocalist in music halls.
5. He left Ireland and spent the rest of his life in London, living in reduced circumstances.