starved for

idiom

chiefly US

: badly in need of being given (something needed for one's emotional well-being)

Those children are starved for attention.

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This makes building efficiencies and economies of scale natural, and there are so many brands – think smaller gun companies, optics brands, outdoor clothing start-ups – that are starved for attention and investment. —

Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2025 For a team that is starved for center depth since forever just give the kid an extension. —

Michael Russo, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 Trump himself has vacillated between siding with the populist and nationalist conservatives who have been his enduring supporters, many of them seeking a new blue-collar GOP, and businesses claiming to be starved for labor. —

W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Dec. 2024 By the climax, the viewer was as starved for catharsis as Maximus himself. —

A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for starved for