Needy
adjective
Someone who does not have enough, especially of basic necessities like food, clothes, or money.
The charity provides meals for the needy in our community.
Often appears as...
- needy people
- help the needy
adjective
Someone who constantly demands attention, affection, or reassurance.
He's a needy child, he always wants to have attention.
Often appears as...
- needy child
- needy friend
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Someone who does not have enough, especially of basic necessities like food, clothes, or money.
The charity provides meals for the needy in our community.
Often appears as...
- needy people
- help the needy
adjective
Someone who constantly demands attention, affection, or reassurance.
He's a needy child, he always wants to have attention.
Often appears as...
- needy child
- needy friend
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be careful when referring to people as 'needy' to avoid sounding disrespectful or judgmental.
Organizations provide support for individuals in need, rather than calling them 'needy'.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
Use 'needy' to describe situations of poverty; avoid using it for minor financial inconveniences.
After the hurricane, the number of needy families in the area soared.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Needy' can be a neutral term in contexts like charity, where the goal is to offer help.
The fundraiser aims to aid the needy during the holiday season.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be careful when referring to people as 'needy' to avoid sounding disrespectful or judgmental.
Organizations provide support for individuals in need, rather than calling them 'needy'.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
Use 'needy' to describe situations of poverty; avoid using it for minor financial inconveniences.
After the hurricane, the number of needy families in the area soared.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Needy' can be a neutral term in contexts like charity, where the goal is to offer help.
The fundraiser aims to aid the needy during the holiday season.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be careful when referring to people as 'needy' to avoid sounding disrespectful or judgmental.
Organizations provide support for individuals in need, rather than calling them 'needy'.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
Use 'needy' to describe situations of poverty; avoid using it for minor financial inconveniences.
After the hurricane, the number of needy families in the area soared.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Needy' can be a neutral term in contexts like charity, where the goal is to offer help.
The fundraiser aims to aid the needy during the holiday season.
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A teacher growing green...
learn to give and we took the money that we made from our farmers markets started buying gifts for the homeless and for needy around the world so we started giving back and that's when I realized that the greening of America starts first with the pockets then with the heart and then with the mind so we were on to something and we still on to something and thank
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Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
But more importantly is my kids learned to get, they learned to give. And we took the money that we made from our farmer's market, and started buying gifts for the homeless and for needy around the world. So we started giving back. And that's when I realized that the greening of America
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The Leap Year as...
quarter day just sweep it under the rug for three years the fourth year how many quarters have you added up four quarters so there's a whole day now that you've saved up and in the fourth year you put that day back in the calendar and you give it to the neediest month February
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What we're getting wrong...
So I've invested in this fight for quite some time. In almost every major US city, the food bank is viewed as a beloved community institution. Corporations send volunteers down on a weekly basis to sort through food items and make boxes of food for the needy. And can drives --
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The way we think about...
and people had patience. They knew that there was a long-term objective down the line, of building market dominance. But if a nonprofit organization ever had a dream of building magnificent scale that required that for six years, no money was going to go to the needy,
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Bin Laden's Beginnings PIPE...
generous with money with the people's popular one all we I did when he was with us helping us helping the poor widows orphans organizing funds for some needy people's we had no problem with him at all at the time little about bin
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What's in Hand...
except we consumers are needy not only do we want our products to work we also want them to be convenient imagine trying to apply a completely liquid free-flowing hand sanitizer when you are out and about so not safe it's in the
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Finding landmines using...
landmines prevent construction of homes roads schools and hospitals formerly war-torn parts of Africa and Asia feel the impact especially hard because landmines denied access to farmland for some of the neediest populations a
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Can a divided America...
And we apply it to the poor, the needy, the suffering. We don't usually apply it to people who we feel as other, or we're disgusted by. No. That's right. What would it look like to build that type of empathy?
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Homeopathy, quackery and...
absolutely conscienceless -- I'll be all right, keep your seats -- game that these people play. And they take advantage of the innocent, the naive, the grieving, the needy people out there.
Video examples
A teacher growing green...
learn to give and we took the money that we made from our farmers markets started buying gifts for the homeless and for needy around the world so we started giving back and that's when I realized that the greening of America starts first with the pockets then with the heart and then with the mind so we were on to something and we still on to something and thank
Video examples
Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
But more importantly is my kids learned to get, they learned to give. And we took the money that we made from our farmer's market, and started buying gifts for the homeless and for needy around the world. So we started giving back. And that's when I realized that the greening of America
Video examples
The Leap Year as...
quarter day just sweep it under the rug for three years the fourth year how many quarters have you added up four quarters so there's a whole day now that you've saved up and in the fourth year you put that day back in the calendar and you give it to the neediest month February
Video examples
What we're getting wrong...
So I've invested in this fight for quite some time. In almost every major US city, the food bank is viewed as a beloved community institution. Corporations send volunteers down on a weekly basis to sort through food items and make boxes of food for the needy. And can drives --
Video examples
The way we think about...
and people had patience. They knew that there was a long-term objective down the line, of building market dominance. But if a nonprofit organization ever had a dream of building magnificent scale that required that for six years, no money was going to go to the needy,
Video examples
Bin Laden's Beginnings PIPE...
generous with money with the people's popular one all we I did when he was with us helping us helping the poor widows orphans organizing funds for some needy people's we had no problem with him at all at the time little about bin
Video examples
What's in Hand...
except we consumers are needy not only do we want our products to work we also want them to be convenient imagine trying to apply a completely liquid free-flowing hand sanitizer when you are out and about so not safe it's in the
Video examples
Finding landmines using...
landmines prevent construction of homes roads schools and hospitals formerly war-torn parts of Africa and Asia feel the impact especially hard because landmines denied access to farmland for some of the neediest populations a
Video examples
Can a divided America...
And we apply it to the poor, the needy, the suffering. We don't usually apply it to people who we feel as other, or we're disgusted by. No. That's right. What would it look like to build that type of empathy?
Video examples
Homeopathy, quackery and...
absolutely conscienceless -- I'll be all right, keep your seats -- game that these people play. And they take advantage of the innocent, the naive, the grieving, the needy people out there.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
American Politician
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
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Ishita Dutta
Indian Actress
It is unfortunate that in every industry, there are people who take advantage of needy people, but I would like to tell all the budding actors not to be vulnerable and always have a backup plan because rejection in auditions and films is not the end of the world.
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B. B. King
American Musician
If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy... people who don't have no food... Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market opportunities - that's something that appropriately ought to be done.
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Gregg Wallace
English Celebrity
I've always made friends with people who have either money or influence and it's something that I've struggled to let go of because I've been so needy in the past.
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Olivia Hussey
British Actress
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn't reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution.
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Evita Peron
Argentinian Statesman
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
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Rakhi Sawant
Indian Dancer
Being a woman it's my responsibility to be with needy people.
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Shriya Saran
Indian Actress
My family has always encouraged me to think of the needy.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
American Politician
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
Quote examples
Ishita Dutta
Indian Actress
It is unfortunate that in every industry, there are people who take advantage of needy people, but I would like to tell all the budding actors not to be vulnerable and always have a backup plan because rejection in auditions and films is not the end of the world.
Quote examples
B. B. King
American Musician
If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy... people who don't have no food... Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market opportunities - that's something that appropriately ought to be done.
Quote examples
Gregg Wallace
English Celebrity
I've always made friends with people who have either money or influence and it's something that I've struggled to let go of because I've been so needy in the past.
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Olivia Hussey
British Actress
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn't reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution.
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Evita Peron
Argentinian Statesman
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
Quote examples
Rakhi Sawant
Indian Dancer
Being a woman it's my responsibility to be with needy people.
Quote examples
Shriya Saran
Indian Actress
My family has always encouraged me to think of the needy.
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