starved of
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: not given enough of (something needed for one's emotional well-being)
Those children have been starved of attention.
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The independent, minor-league baseball franchise plans to keep the spirit of baseball alive with a team of eager young players in a city that’s increasingly starved of professional sports, and at a park named for a late former ballplayer raised in Oakland.
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
In the 1940s, Jewish militias (and later the IDF) were starved of weapons from abroad.
—Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
British Airways pilots got sick as their cockpit was starved of air
Three pilots of a 2015 British Airways flight got sick after debris, including bubble wrap, insulation materials and wires, blocked airflow to the cockpit on a Boeing 777 plane.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
Perpetually hungry and starved of anything other than protein, Nichols says her fatigue led to injuries.
—Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
Yes, publishing loves an upstart phenom, and too many second and third books by brilliant authors are starved of marketing.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
The company’s Paramount Pictures movie studio has been in turnaround mode for several years and some of its top cable networks have been starved of fresh content for a similar period of time.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
After being starved of red-carpet wear in the latter part of 2023, expect awards show attendees to dream big.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024
Those light-requiring sulfur bacteria clearly indicate that the oceans were starved of oxygen and laced with poisonous hydrogen sulfide in the sunlit zone where most marine diversity normally thrives.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
In the 1940s, Jewish militias (and later the IDF) were starved of weapons from abroad.
—Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
British Airways pilots got sick as their cockpit was starved of air
Three pilots of a 2015 British Airways flight got sick after debris, including bubble wrap, insulation materials and wires, blocked airflow to the cockpit on a Boeing 777 plane.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
Perpetually hungry and starved of anything other than protein, Nichols says her fatigue led to injuries.
—Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
Yes, publishing loves an upstart phenom, and too many second and third books by brilliant authors are starved of marketing.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
The company’s Paramount Pictures movie studio has been in turnaround mode for several years and some of its top cable networks have been starved of fresh content for a similar period of time.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
After being starved of red-carpet wear in the latter part of 2023, expect awards show attendees to dream big.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024
Those light-requiring sulfur bacteria clearly indicate that the oceans were starved of oxygen and laced with poisonous hydrogen sulfide in the sunlit zone where most marine diversity normally thrives.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
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