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needy — Synonyms and related words: beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, chronic poverty area, dead, depressed population, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down and out, flat, fleeced, ghetto dwellers, ghettoized, hard up, impecunious, impoverished,… … Moby Thesaurus
needy — adjective collecting food and blankets for needy families Syn: poor, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged, necessitous, in need, needful, hard up, in straitened circumstances, poverty stricken, indigent, impoverished, pauperized, destitute,… … Thesaurus of popular words
needy — adj destitute, poor, indigent, impecunious; wanting, lacking, strapped, pinched, squeezed; Inf. hard up, Sl. broke, Sl. flat, Sl. busted; mendicant, beggared, beggarly, pauperized, impoverished, poor as a church mouse, out of pocket, out of cash … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
needy — adj. (needier, neediest) 1 (of a person) poor; destitute. 2 (of circumstances) characterized by poverty. Derivatives: neediness n … Useful english dictionary
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families — (TANF, often pronounced TAN if ) is the United States of America s federal assistance program, commonly known as “welfare”. It began on July 1, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, providing cash assistance to… … Wikipedia
in reduced circumstances — Quinlan was shocked to find his brother in reduced circumstances Syn: impoverished, broke, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupted; poor, indigent, impecunious, in penury, poverty stricken, destitute; needy, badly off, hard up; informal… … Thesaurus of popular words
in reduced circumstances — IMPOVERISHED, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupted; poor, indigent, impecunious, in penury, poverty stricken, destitute; needy, badly off, hard up; i … Useful english dictionary
New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol — The New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, commonly known as the Muller Homes, were an orphanage in the district of Ashley Down, in the north of Bristol. They were built between 1849 and 1870 by the Prussian evangelist George Müller to show the world… … Wikipedia
poverty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of money Nouns 1. poverty, impecuniousness, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want, poverty line or level; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties; bad, poor, or … English dictionary for students
poverty — I noun absence, bare subsistence, beggarliness, beggary, dearth, deficiency, deficit, depletion, destitution, difficulty, distress, embarrassed circumstances, exigency, famine, humbleness, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence … Law dictionary
