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[ nee-dee ] / ˈni di / SEE SYNONYMS FOR needy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, need·i·er, need·i·est.in a condition of need or want; extremely poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished; destitute. noun(used with a plural verb)Usually the needy . needy persons collectively: Help the needy. Origin of needyFirst recorded in 1125–75; Middle English nedi; see need, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM needyneed·i·ly, adverbun·need·y, adjectiveWords nearby needyneed like a hole in the head, needling, needn't, needs, needs test, needy, Néel, Néel point, neem, Neenah, neencephalon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for needySo the EV maker has long collected fistfuls of credits and found lots of needy buyers, Honda among them. Tesla’s biggest profit center is dangerously close to running out of power|Shawn Tully|September 30, 2020|Fortune The department says it could give more money to the neediest neighborhoods and boost nearly funded projects over their last hurdle. If Your Local Park Sucks, This Is Probably Why|MacKenzie Elmer|July 6, 2020|Voice of San Diego In some cases, an elder chick would also offer food to the neediest sibling, which called out incessantly, irrespective of whether it groomed or not. Barn owlets share food with their younger siblings in exchange for grooming|Pratik Pawar|June 16, 2020|Science News As a way to be more available to needy souls outside the church, Williams took a clerk job at Walgreens pharmacy. Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The foundation, named after her mother, provides financial help to needy families that are infertile. Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST He has close ties with the city political establishment and serves more than 200 needy families a week through his food bank. Welcome to Assadville, USA|Christopher Moraff|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The officers—led by a woman named Dawn Lerner—provide food and shelter at the hospital for needy people they find on the road. The Walking Dead’s ‘Slabtown’: The Real Source of Terror Isn’t Walkers, It’s Rape|Melissa Leon|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST A caravan from Windsor, Ontario across the river recently delivered a couple of hundred gallons to needy customers. Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses Who Owe Millions|Mary M. Chapman|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Beyond the circle of his own servants there were needy persons whom he had been charged with neglecting and even oppressing. Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job|Robert Watson Even the needy “loafer” could not be induced to try the trip—deeming ours too dangerous an expedition. The Wild Huntress|Mayne Reid For they were needy and poverty-stricken, whereas Katheline was comparatively well off. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere|Charles de Coster Thus after all it appears that method means no more than this—to give sometimes more, sometimes less, to all needy people. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8|Various He used to leave his home at night, search for the poor and needy and feed them. The History of Sulu|Najeeb M. Saleeby
British Dictionary definitions for needy
adjective needier or neediest- in need of practical or emotional support; distressed
- (as collective noun; preceded by the)the needy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to needypoor, underprivileged, poverty-stricken, penniless, disadvantaged, destitute, indigent, flat, down-and-out, impecunious, penurious, necessitous, beggared, dirt poor, down at heel, unprosperous |