truly needy

ADJECTIVE

necessitous

Synonyms

WEAK

bad off bankrupt beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke destitute dirt poor down-and-out empty-handed flat flat broke fortuneless hard up impecunious impoverished in need in want indigent insolvent low meager moneyless needy on one's uppers pauperized penniless penurious pinched poverty-stricken reduced scanty stone broke strapped suffering underprivileged unprosperous

ADJECTIVE

poor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destitute impoverished indigent low meager needy penniless poverty-stricken underprivileged

STRONG

bankrupt down-and-out flat insolvent scanty suffering

WEAK

bad off beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke dirt poor empty-handed flat broke fortuneless hard up impecunious in need in want moneyless necessitous pauperized penurious pinched reduced stone broke strapped unprosperous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

affluent prosperous rich wealthy well-to-do

STRONG

comfortable fortunate solvent

Example Sentences

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“Considering the difficulty of identifying the truly needy and the problems inherent in trying to do so, sending every American a $1,000 check asap would be a good start,” Mankiw wrote on his blog.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2020

The government took months to get the registration process right, to be sure it was including only the truly needy, says Nathporn Chatusripitak of the deputy prime minister’s office.

From Economist • Jan. 18, 2018

Rose Sanders, who came to distribute free shoes, said she was homeless until 2014, and the people are truly needy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2016

No one wants to deny the truly needy.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2016

“I’m sure she’s helping the people who are truly needy, folks sick with fever who can’t care for themselves. We shouldn’t be greedy.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

truly needy

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