needy

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Synonyms for needy

the needy

Synonyms

  • the poor
  • the disadvantaged
  • the impoverished
  • the underprivileged
  • the deprived
  • the destitute
  • trailer trash
  • the penniless
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Synonyms for needy

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Synonyms for needy

needy people collectively

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poor enough to need help from others

demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

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Some members of that community are needier than other, and all are welcome," Mr.
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The company also actively supports community initiatives such as 'Take My Junk', a non-profit group that collects unwanted items from homes and offices and redistributes to needier communities.
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"I found I became a lot needier than I actually am as a person."
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After telling the stories of her grandmother's prayer life, her work in mission churches, and her generosity to foster children, refugees, and anyone needier than herself, Nelson begins a more academic discussion of the subject.
The child becomes needier and starts acting in a way that draws negative attention, while the mother becomes more preoccupied with her own sadness or her financial concerns.
In these days of economic austerity, when librarians find themselves facing the quadruple whammy of declining library budgets; pressures to innovate and stay relevant in the world of social media and Library 2.0; continuing demand for existing services by a down-on-its luck, needier patron base; and pressures by administrators or local officials to make libraries as financially self-sufficient as possible, a how-to manual on landing grants has a ready market.