Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Needy \Need"y\, a. [Compar. {Needer}; superl. {Neediest}.]
   1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very por;
      indigent; necessitous.

            Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to
            thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv.
                                                  11.

            Spare the bluches of needly merit.    --Dr. T.
                                                  Dwight.

   2. Necessary; requiste. [Obs.]

            Corn to make your needy bread.        --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

neediest
     See {needy}

needy
     adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {impoverished},
            {indigent}, {necessitous}, {poverty-stricken}]
     [also: {neediest}, {needier}]