starving

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of starve

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   It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.

   2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19

plural starvings

1. starvation

   […] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]

   1868, Margaret Carrington, Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of Massacre

comparative more starving · superlative most starving

1. Extremely hungry

   Synonyms: ravenous