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hungriest in British English

superlative adjective
hungry
 

hungry in British English

(ˈhʌŋɡrɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -grier or -griest
1. 
desiring food
2. 
experiencing pain, weakness, or nausea through lack of food
3. (postpositive; foll by for)
having a craving, desire, or need (for)
4. 
expressing or appearing to express greed, craving, or desire
5. 
lacking fertility; poor
6.  Australian and New Zealand informal
a. 
greedy; grasping
b. 
stingy; mean
7.  New Zealand
(of timber) dry and bare
Derived forms
hungrily (ˈhungrily) or hungeringly (ˈhungeringly)
adverb
hungriness (ˈhungriness)
noun

Examples of 'hungriest' in a sentence
hungriest

China's industry is the hungriest consumer of the world's metal.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Bad news for likely demand for raw materials from their hungriest consumer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They have been among the hungriest for practice and preparation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Here and there uneaten brambles glistened, inedible now for all but the hungriest creatures.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Even the hungriest pests and most debilitating diseases won't bother it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And nine out of ten standard servings exceed the single meal quota, as they are sized for the hungriest customers.
The Sun (2016)
Many of the world's hungriest live in rural areas where the means to grow food is most abundant.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I want to be the hungriest guy in the cockpit from all 22 of us.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The pace would be gruelling even for the hungriest banker of half his 65 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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