starved

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And intensifying competition means we will increasingly be in “an investing landscape where certain segments of the economy and markets are starved for capital, while others are flush with attractive financing options.”

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

This arises because the cars are fundamentally energy starved this year - they simply cannot recover sufficient electrical energy to be able to have full power at all times a driver would want.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The current standoff at the crucial waterway has starved the market of roughly 10 million barrels of oil per day, according to Manish Raj, managing director at Velandera Energy Partners.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Sensitive and adorable, so starved for friends that he makes a habit of telling his secrets to a llama, this Michael is practically an angel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Instead of having fluctuating populations that periodically outran their resources and starved, they maintained smaller populations that enjoyed an abundance of food in good years and a sufficiency in bad years.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond