needy person

collocation in English

meaningsofneedyandperson

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needy
adjective
uk
/ˈniː.di/us
/ˈniː.di/
poor and not having enough food, ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofneedyandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofneedy person

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Values, rules and virtues are not - morally - the right things to be thinking about when you are faced with aneedyperson.
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Aneedyperson, deprived of such pleasure in this world, would also be denied high rank in the next.
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He would offer thatneedypersonhis hospitality and serve that person good meal.
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The whole day was spent in meeting someneedyperson, or a loved one sharing his problems, joys and sorrows.
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She believes that genuine help is not giving aneedypersonfish, but teaching him how to fish (one of her priorities in her livelihood).
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This was a good thing because noneedypersonwas left out.
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The call is made to everyone in the world, rather than just those who know theneedypersonat the time.
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Most commonly, obligation alimentaire is used by public bodies hoping to recoup from the needy person's relatives any expenditure for support.
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Hospital, he devoted all his life in the treatment and welfare of the poorest of the poor and mostneedypersonof this area.
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Parnok comes across as a melodramatic,needypersonwhose tormented yearnings and unconventional sexuality produced a provocative if insubstantial body of work.
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The consequences otherwise will be that if one goes round to a needy person's back door and tips 1 cwt.
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This extension of the rent allowance system will be valuable in its small way in helping needy persons with their accommodation costs.
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The adoption of a system of half-yearly payments could hardly be restricted to needy persons, and would practically double the work of collection.
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Many times he would take up cases without charging a fee from resourceless, poor and needy persons and fight for them against prominent lawyers.
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However, it reported that the city possessed funds totaling $2,414,283 which could have been provided to needy persons in most years.
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May they bestow some alms on needy persons and good causes.
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One of the first steps he took was to make a list of several thousand needy persons, whom he took under his especial care.
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They range from those formed to help needy persons to societies of a musical or other artistic or cultural nature.
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Gregory began by aggressively requiring his churchmen to seek out and relieve needy persons and reprimanded them if they did not.
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