starved of
idiom
: not given enough of (something needed for one's emotional well-being)
Those children have been starved of attention.
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So, we’ve been starved of its powerful spirit.
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
Black business districts, starved of capital and infrastructure, began to collapse — not because of a lack of innovation or ambition, but because they were suffocated financially.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
In addition to these celebrity cases, hundreds more anonymous American military men spent the war languishing in notoriously bad British prisons, starved of the basic niceties international standards dictated for prisoners of war—a status they were denied as rebel combatants.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
When failing to conform with Michael Ives’ wishes, Ethan was put in stress positions, starved of food and water, and was casually and brutally assaulted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 July 2025
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
Black business districts, starved of capital and infrastructure, began to collapse — not because of a lack of innovation or ambition, but because they were suffocated financially.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
In addition to these celebrity cases, hundreds more anonymous American military men spent the war languishing in notoriously bad British prisons, starved of the basic niceties international standards dictated for prisoners of war—a status they were denied as rebel combatants.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
When failing to conform with Michael Ives’ wishes, Ethan was put in stress positions, starved of food and water, and was casually and brutally assaulted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for starved of
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“Starved of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starved%20of. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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