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need⋅y
[nee-dee] 
adjective, need⋅i⋅er, need⋅i⋅est, noun –adjective
| 1. | in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute. |
–noun
| 2. | (used with a plural verb ) needy persons collectively (usually prec. by the): Help the needy. |
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| need·y (nē'dē) adj. need·i·er, need·i·est
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Needy
Need"y\, a. [Compar. Needer; superl. Neediest.]1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous. Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv. 11. Spare the bluches of needly merit. --Dr. T. Dwight. 2. Necessary; requiste. [Obs.] Corn to make your needy bread. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : needy
Spanish:
necesitado,
German:
bedürftig,
Japanese:
貧困な
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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