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truly needy
adjective as in necessitous
Weak matches
- 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 as in poor
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Example Sentences
As you spare a moment for the truly needy this Thanksgiving—you do do that, right?
From The Daily Beast
Worse, we are wasting badly needed resources without reaching many of the truly needy.
From Project Gutenberg
The entitlement programs that make up our safety net for the truly needy have worthy goals and many deserving recipients.
From Project Gutenberg
The truly needy suffer as funds intended for them are taken not by the needy, but by the greedy.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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