0 having very little money:
We're a bit hard up at the moment so we're not thinking about holidays.
[ before noun ] hard-up pensioners
1 having very little money:
It is not only pensioners in villages who are hard up.
Three hard-up governments are preparing to sell shares in state-owned assets in the next two weeks.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.