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starve⋅ling

  [stahrv-ling]
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–noun
1. a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
–adjective
2. starving; suffering from lack of nourishment.
3. pining with want.
4. poverty-stricken.
5. poor in condition or quality.
6. such as to entail or suggest starvation.
Origin:
1540–50; starve + -ling 1
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starve·ling   (stärv'lĭng)   
n.  One that is starving or being starved.
adj.  

  1. Starving.

  2. Poor in quality; inadequate.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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