starveling
Americannoun
adjective
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starving; suffering from lack of nourishment.
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pining with want.
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poor in condition or quality.
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such as to entail or suggest starvation.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of starveling
Example Sentences
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From the starveling stepchild of industry, scientific experimentation has become an industry in itself?perhaps the key industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
It remained an organizational starveling until Foy Valentine became its executive secretary five years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like many another Irishman, he sees the skull beneath the skin, just as his starveling heroes see the sharp rocks gnaw through the thin soil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instinctively they recognize in this starveling stray a truly independent spirit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man looked at them—a thin girl of ten with starveling hollows in her cheeks but with the chin still baby-round.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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