Needed and Poor

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Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Poor and needed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.

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Needed and poor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needed" instead an adjective "Poor".

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

The worst is the infamous exchange in "Archie and the KKK Part 1" where Mike tries to justify people looting and stealing because they were poor and needed it.

Source: Strawman Has a Point
The poor guy spends the first half of the story as the office Butt Monkey before he's finally able to close a good sale that lets him regain his much needed confidence.

Source: Theatre / Glengarry Glen Ross
Archie rightfully points out that it's still stealing, and most of the people that did steal stole way more than they needed even if you want to argue they needed to because they were poor.

Source: Strawman Has a Point

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