in need of

• requiringMaking mandatory or needed
• lackingBeing without something
• wantingAbsent or insufficient
• desperateDriven by urgent need
• cravingPowerful urge to have

hungry · short · deprived · starving · yearning · deficient · strapped · broke · helpless · vulnerable · aching · thirsting · bereft · impoverished · needy · without · empty · longing