the needy

noun

: poor people

Our church collected food for the needy.

Examples of the needy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

How has Brand’s flimflam, wrapped up in the needy personality of an entertainer who lives off clicks, landed in England’s criminal court system? — Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Its members eventually demanded that the Hearst family finance a food giveaway to the needy that could have cost about $400 million. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2026

That unsustainable spike has siphoned away money to fund, for example, street repairs, public transit and health care services for the needy. — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

The sense of fairness that drove Davis as a writer and artist pushed her to explore stories of the desperate, the disaffected, the marginalized and the needy. — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026

Rhymes for the needy

• unready
• beady
• greedy
• guidi
• reedy
• seedy
• speedy
• tweedy
• weedy