as in starving
feeling a desire or need for food
after that long soccer practice, the children were really starved
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hungry
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There are a handful of of others, like dYdX, that offer crypto derivatives to risk-hungry traders who don’t want to venture onto centralized exchanges like Coinbase.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Unfortunately, hungry deer are quite capable of nipping off every growing tip on a young lilac and all the buds set last year, leaving you with no blooms in spring.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Starved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starved. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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