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the needy

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need⋅y

  [nee-dee] adjective, need⋅i⋅er, need⋅i⋅est, noun
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–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.
Origin:
1125–75; ME nedi; see need, -y 1

Related forms:
need⋅i⋅ly, adverb
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The Poor at Amazon
Low prices on new & used music. Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Amazon.com/music
How Many Homeless People?
State by state homelessness data included in new NAEH report.
www.endhomelessness.org
Word Origin & History

needy 
c.1175, neodi "poor, indigent," from need (n.) (q.v.) + adj. suffix -y.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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