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I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program.
Ric Keller

Meaning of "neediest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEEDIEST

neediest  [ˈniːdɪɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEEDIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Neediest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEEDIEST


bendiest
ˈbendɪɪst
cruddiest
ˈkrʌdɪɪst
dowdiest
ˈdaʊdɪɪst
earliest
ˈɜːlɪɪst
faddiest
ˈfædɪɪst
foolhardiest
ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪɪst
funniest
ˈfʌnɪɪst
hobbyist
ˈhɒbɪɪst
moodiest
ˈmuːdɪɪst
mouldiest
ˈməʊldɪɪst
reediest
ˈriːdɪɪst
sandiest
ˈsændɪɪst
seediest
ˈsiːdɪɪst
sexiest
ˈseksɪɪst
shadiest
ˈʃeɪdɪɪst
shoddiest
ˈʃɒdɪɪst
sturdiest
ˈstɜːdɪɪst
tidiest
ˈtaɪdɪɪst
tweediest
ˈtwiːdɪɪst
wieldiest
ˈwiːldɪɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEEDIEST

need
need-to-know
needcessity
needer
needfire
needful
needfully
needfulness
needier
needily
neediness
needle
needle bearing
needle book
needle exchange
needle fly
needle match
needle time
needle valve
needle-sharp

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEEDIEST

at the earliest
bandiest
beadiest
bloodiest
cloudiest
dandiest
gaudiest
greediest
handiest
hardiest
headiest
lardiest
muddiest
readiest
rowdiest
speediest
steadiest
trendiest
weediest
windiest
wordiest

Synonyms and antonyms of neediest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NEEDIEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «neediest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of neediest

Translation of «neediest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEEDIEST

Find out the translation of neediest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of neediest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neediest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

最需要的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

más necesitados
570 millions of speakers

English

neediest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

neediest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

احتياجا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нуждающихся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mais necessitados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

neediest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plus démunis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paling memerlukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bedürftigsten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貧窮者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식량난이 가장 심각한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paling perlu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghèo túng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிக, மிகத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Neediest
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muhtaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

più bisognosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najbardziej potrzebujących
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нужденних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sarace
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενδεείς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

behoeftigste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mest behövande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mest trengende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neediest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEEDIEST»

The term «neediest» is regularly used and occupies the 58.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about neediest

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4 QUOTES WITH «NEEDIEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word neediest.
1
Olivia Hussey
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
2
Ric Keller
I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program.
3
Susana Martinez
Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.
4
Fred Upton
The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEEDIEST»

Discover the use of neediest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neediest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Pulitzer Prize Archive: Political editorial, 1916-1988
100 NEEDIEST CASES CALLING FOR RELIEF Appeal Is Made to the to Help the Unfortunate in the City. I4TH ANNUAL FUND STARTS Old Friends Are Among the First to Send Contributions for Those In Trouble. CHILDREN AID THE CAUSE  ...
Heinz Dietrich Fischer, Erika J. Fischer, 1990
2
Contemporary Debates in Social Philosophy
(e) If we do not give absolute priority to the neediest, regardless of how badly off they are – there is no threshold below which they always win the resource for a significant outcome – then we might always compare them with those less needy  ...
Laurence Thomas, 2009
3
You Say You Want a Devolution: The Influence of Community ...
However, when the neediest townships are excluded from the analysis, professionalism has only a modest influence on poor relief generosity. In other words, professionalism plays a significant role in explaining generosity in the neediest ...
Marilyn Edith Klotz, 2008
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Indian Programs: Tribal Priority Allocations Do Not Target ...
These works are now made available through an environmentally friendly, print-on-demand basis, using only what is necessary to meet the required demands of an interested public.
BiblioBazaar, United States Government Accountability, 2011
5
Mother Jones Magazine
In a land where corporate need is everywhere, they are the five Neediest Corporations. The suffering of the Neediest takes many forms. Control, like money, has slipped through the hands of their corporate managers. Starving institutions now ...
6
Reaching the Poor with Health, Nutrition, and Population ...
13. Brazil: Are. Health. and. Nutrition. Programs. Reaching. the. Neediest? Aluísio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora, Juraci A. Cesar, Nelson Arns Neumann, and Andréa D. Bertoldi Social inequalities represent a major problem in Latin America.
Davidson R. Gwatkin, Adam Wagstaff, Abdo Yazbeck, 2005
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Moving the CDBG program forward : a look at the ...
For example, St. Louis, Missouri, with a rating of 10 on the Needs Index, would see its CDBG formula allocation decline by 3 1 percent Even more illuminating is an examination of the consequences for America's neediest grantees (as defined  ...
United States, Committee on Government Reform, Congress, House
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Modern Theories of Justice
This maximin can be extended, if necessary, to a leximin, that is: if, when the neediest are best taken care of, there remains some possible choice, then best take care of the second neediest, and so on. This is Practical Justice presented and ...
Serge-Christophe Kolm, 2002
9
Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans: A Framework for Public Action
7 Therefore, the cost of covering the neediest 20 percent of orphans in 2001 would have amounted to 2.2 percent and 0.6 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Burundi and Uganda, respectively. For the whole continent, by relying on ...
K. Subbarao, Diane Coury, 2004
10
Summary Measures of Population Health: Concepts, Ethics, ...
These factors represent the greater moral significance of a given outcome going to the neediest (or most urgent), but the non- neediest could still get a resource if her expected differential outcome was very large. Furthermore, doing a ...
Christopher J. L. Murray, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEEDIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neediest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Catonsville nuns appeal contraception case to the Supreme Court
"We dedicate our lives to serving the neediest in society, with love and dignity," Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, the order's mother provincial in ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
2
Mt. Juliet church opens market for Backpack families
"The Backpack program supports our neediest children on the weekends, but there is still a large gap in providing food and necessities to the ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
3
Charter Schools Lose Ground in Funding, Report Says
... motivated private contributions that many charters rake in -- even as they fail to serve the city's neediest students,” a UFT representative said. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
Communist Party members 'preferred' for jobs on Kean U.'s new …
"The impending professional staff layoffs will undermine important services for our neediest students even while the university continues to ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
5
Faces punched, hearts tugged: Southpaw review
Enter Tick Wills (Forest Whitaker), a gruff ex-fighter and current trainer of New York's scrappiest and neediest amateur boxers. Will he help Billy ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
6
Internet access: How many Springfield students go without?
The district would also have to develop an application process so the neediest families, without internet at home, are the first to receive a ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jul 15»
7
Maplewood special place with capable services, by Camille Coulborn
It is a community unto itself where a dedicated and caring staff minister to some of our neediest elderly people. Nestled among the beautiful ... «The Keene Sentinel, Jul 15»
8
Urban Oaks mobile market on the road again
It was feared that due to a lack of funding, the truck, which provides fresh fruits and vegetables to the city's neediest residents, would not ... «Newbritainherald, Jul 15»
9
Roughing it highlights message
"This is a great project to support our neediest citizens." The Swannells hope it will attract more donations for their appeal as well as give ... «Hawke's Bay Today, Jul 15»
10
Doubling minimum wage in one fell swoop could have many …
The impulse to boost the wages of the neediest workers is a good one, particularly given how low-skilled workers' bargaining power has been ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»

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