Very poor drunk ending it (8)
I believe the answer is:
indigent
'very poor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'drunk ending it' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'ending'+'it'='endingit'
'endingit' with letters rearranged gives 'INDIGENT'.
(Other definitions for indigent that I've seen before include "Impoverished, destitute" , "poor fellow" , "Badly off" , "Impoverished -- ending it (anag)" , "Poor enough to need help from others" .)