starvesomeone/somethingofsomething
phrasal verbwithstarveverbuk/stɑːv/us/stɑːrv/
to notprovideenough of something that isneeded, or topreventsomeone or something from getting enough of what isneeded:
Schools have beenstarvedoffundsforyears.
To getridofnettlesyou canstarvethem ofsunlightbylayingdarkcoversover them.
Amistakebydoctorsstarvedhim ofoxygenwhen he wasbornandrobbedhim of anormallife.
Lacking things
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (forsomething)idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cry out forsomething
- demand
- hole
- lack
- lacking
- minus
- need
- needsomethinglike you need a hole in the headidiom
- needful
- shy
- taken
- unaccompanied
- unappeased
- unassuaged
- unmet
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Scarce, inadequate and not enough