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# needy

«needy» in Mova's school dictionary: **poor and do not have enough money, food or things they need** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (needy, needier, neediest); noun (the needy)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Needy people are poor and do not have enough money, food or things they need. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#m1)

2) The needy means poor people as a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#m2)

3) (informal) A needy person wants a lot of attention, help or comfort from others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics, church life and charity: help the needy, give to needy families, food banks. In everyday talk: «My puppy is so needy — he follows me everywhere.»

### examples

- Our school collected food for needy families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#x1)
- The church gives warm meals to the needy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#x2)
- Christians believe they should care for the needy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#x3)
- Children in needy areas may have no books at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#x4)
- My little brother is very needy when he is tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#x5)
- The charity helps needy children all over the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/#x6)

### note

«The needy» takes a plural verb: the needy are helped. Be respectful: many people prefer «people in need». The informal «needy» (clingy) can sound unkind about a person.

### In the corpora

- [The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.528/)
- [The humble also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the neediest among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.612/)
- [He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.598/)
- [Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, and destroy the poor of the land,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.130/)
- [For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.114/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «needy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.