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The Clue

Disadvantaged (5 letter answer)

The Answer

NEEDY

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Notes

The answer NEEDY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.

Related Clues

Broke
Deprived
Impecunious
Impoverished
Indigent
Mendicant
Pauperish
Penurious
Poor
In the poorhouse
Strapped
Undersupplied
In want
Wanting
Clinging, say
Deserving of welfare
Down and out
Down-and-out
Far from loaded
Hard up
Lacking lucre
Poverty-stricken
Down on one's luck

Definition

NEEDY as a noun:

1. needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"

NEEDY as an adjective:

1. (destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken) = poor enough to need help from others
2. demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree