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Neediest

Needy \Need"y\, a. [Compar. Needier; superl. Neediest.]

  1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; 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 blushes of needy merit.
    --Dr. T. Dwight.

  2. Necessary; requisite. [Obs.]

    Corn to make your needy bread.
    --Shak.

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neediest

a. (en-superlativeneedy)

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neediest

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needy
  1. adj. poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, poverty-stricken]

  2. [also: neediest, needier]

Usage examples of "neediest".

She grasped him, guided him to the neediest part of her and sank onto him.

These we hauled to the Braille School where they were distributed to the neediest children.

Otherwise, the town council grants ownership to the neediest domestic unit.

And she kept her wide, wild eyes on his as she purposely slid the neediest part of her over the neediest part of him.

Research specialists were among the neediest, and Clay assured Sera that he could pull some strings and have a transfer for her approved before his flight departed.

During your missions of mercy to the neediest outposts of the planet, those faraway places of bloodshed and famine.

His earlier days were passed in complete obscurity, none but the neediest spendthrift or the most desperate gambler knowing where he dwelt, and every one who found him out in his wretched abode near the Marshalsea had reason to regret his visit.

It is only the neediest people that sell their children to be waitresses, singers, or prostitutes.

I wanted to know why Elijah, the neediest and most high-maintenance of all my Schnauzer siblings, was joining us for dinner.

Eventually someone, probably Dannette, intervened and she was assigned to only the neediest cases.

We are all neighbors, and those of us who are not in need this week may be amongthe neediest next week.

Ask him to pick a dozen or so of his neediest parishioners and to bring them here tomorrow morning.

Still, I believe if one half of the family meetings that make hearts to throb daily could lay bare the motives and impressions that underlie the effusion, there would not be half the attendant enthusiasm that characterises them now--as even the neediest of relatives might object to being regarded in the light of means to an end.

During what some now called day, when the moon glowed its shiniest, the bravest or neediest of people would step out of their hiding places, taking a great chance despite the dangers, just to seek out food.