Poor ending it might make (8)
I believe the answer is:
indigent
'poor' is the definition.
(indigent means poor or needy)
'ending it might make' is the wordplay.
'might make' is an anagram indicator (the letters might make if rearranged).
'ending'+'it'='endingit'
'endingit' anagrammed gives 'INDIGENT'.
(Other definitions for indigent that I've seen before include "Impoverished -- ending it (anag)" , "Badly off" , "poor fellow" , "Impoverished, destitute" , "Poor enough to need help from others" .)