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Needy
ˈniːdi
Needy definitions
adjective
needier
neediest
needy
- (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor
"needy and elderly people"
poor deprived disadvantaged underprivileged in want needful badly off hard up in reduced/straitened circumstances unable to make ends meet unable to keep the wolf from the door poverty-stricken indigent impoverished on one's beam-ends as poor as a church mouse dirt poor destitute penurious impecunious penniless moneyless- (of circumstances) characterized by poverty
"those from needy backgrounds"
- (of a person) needing emotional support; insecure