needy
pronunciation
How to pronounce needy in British English:
UK [ˈniːdi]
How to pronounce needy in American English:
US [ˈniːdi]
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- Adjective:
- poor enough to need help from others
Word Origin
- needy (adj.)
- late 12c., neodi "poor, indigent," from need (n.) + adjectival suffix -y (2). Similar formation in Dutch noodig, German nothig, Old Norse nauðigr. As a noun from mid-14c. Related: Needily; neediness.
Example
- 1. The ex-communist countries of europe realise that it hurts their cause to sound plaintive , needy or nostalgic .
- 2. The complete opposite of being selfish , being generous can be attractive as well because it demonstrates that you are not needy and that you are wealthy .
- 3. The desire to adopt needy children from other parts of the world especially during times of crisis is not an exclusively american impulse but it draws together several threads in our national character .
- 4. Their proposal , which originated with mexico , would see all countries , including big emerging economies such as china and excluding only the world 's poorest nations , pay into a fund that would be disbursed to the most needy .
- 5. They don 't want to arrive home to a needy mother , she says .