(n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
(n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.
(n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
(n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
(v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
(v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
Example Sentences:
(1) For the billions of the poorest people around the world who rely on philanthropic aid to meet even basic needs, as the saying goes, “beggars can’t be choosers”.
(2) Roger Harding, Shelter’s director of communications, policy and campaigns, said: “It beggars belief that a landlord can evict a family simply because they have three children, and the fact that this one has is yet another sign of our broken rental market.
(3) BMWs, Porsches and Land Cruisers meander through Luanda past beggars missing limbs due to the civil war or polio.
(4) It is this ultra-austerianism that has led to the cataclysmic beggaring of Greece, bleeding the patient white and then – when seeing that he’s dying – insisting that he bleed some more.
(5) There are families from Kutubdia who were once rich, with land and cows and boats, and now are living in slums and are beggars.
(6) If they are taking a Danish job then out, but primarily the barriers should be closed for criminal jerks and beggars and likewise from Romania, Bulgaria etc.” Another post refers to a newspaper story of Caroline Wozniacki, born to Polish parents but a Danish resident all her life, leaving photographs on Serena Williams’s phone after secretly taking it at a party.
(7) Independent music lobby group Impala, which has members including Adele's label Beggars Group, held a vote at a board meeting on Monday that maintained opposition to the deal.
(8) Not only does it beggar belief that Ms Proudman could have inferred any slight from such an innocuous missive, it also makes me fear for the next generation of women.” She also criticised the “armies of Feminazis” who had supported Proudman.
(9) MPs claimed it "beggars belief" that so much money is being written off and said parents are frustrated at not being paid the right amount of money or any at all.
(10) "It would be nice if Arsenal could pick up the odd trophy along the way, but beggars can't always be choosers."
(11) Unlike the multi-racial community living and working in Woodstock , Cape Town’s oldest suburb, the vast majority of the Old Biscuit Mill’s patrons are white, while many of those serving in the food market and other businesses are black, as are the car guards and beggars outside.
(12) The offers were rejected as "insulting, provocative and beggarly" by the chiefs of Bodo, but later accepted on legal advice.
(13) And what is worse is that in those places where this appraisal exercise has been carried out, it has been claimed that 99.5% of GPs passed with flying colours, a figure that beggars belief.
(14) "It almost beggars belief that any administration could embark on such a course."
(15) Whilst we understand the logic of their proposal and their aim to introduce a subscription-only service, we struggle to see why rights owners and artists should bear this aspect of Apple’s customer acquisition costs,” claimed independent label Beggars Group in a statement earlier in the week.
(16) Beggars have been choosers, and they chose to do the right thing by their artists.
(17) The Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who has played a leading role in calling for an investigation into child abuse allegations, also aired his on Wednesdaydoubts yesterday, saying it beggared belief that the government did not foresee the potential conflict of interest when it first invited her to take the post on Monday.
(18) Viewed from the eurozone or Tokyo, the US is indulging in a beggar-thy-neighbour devaluation, knowing that the hands of the European Central Bank are tied since the Germans are hardly likely to sanction the purchase of IOUs issued in Greece.
(19) But it is hard not to see that, since then, the vices have got worse: a little further up the road Somalian prostitutes proposition pedestrians at all hours; a little further down, past beggars who cry "I'm hungry", young men crouch in doorways doubled over with needles in hand.
(20) Another compared the country to a person without sufficient food donning expensive clothes: "It's the same as beggars donating.
Bigger
Definition:
(a.) compar. of Big.
Example Sentences:
(1) One thing seems to be noteworthy in their opinion: the bacterial resistance of the germs isolated from the urine is bigger than the one of the germs isolated from the respiratory apparatus.
(2) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
(3) This is basically a large tank (the bigger the better) that collects rain from the house guttering and pumps it into the home, to be used for flushing the loo.
(4) As calls grew to establish why nobody stepped in to save Daniel, it was also revealed that the boy's headteacher – who saw him scavenging for scraps – has not been disciplined and has been put in charge of a bigger school.
(5) "They couldn't understand until I said 'No, because I'm a big shot now, because I am in Wild Wild West and I have, like, 10 covers coming out, and I want a bigger part.'
(6) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
(7) Tony Abbott urges Europe to adopt Australian policies in refugee crisis Read more Given that Obama – whatever one’s views on his strategy – is not advocating a bigger military contribution, the only difference is that Abbott is “urging” the US and others to do more, which sounds resolute, and Turnbull says he would consider any request if it was made.
(8) Apple could quite possibly afford to promise to pay out 80% of its streaming iTunes income, especially if such a service helped it sell more iPhones and iPads, where the margins are bigger.
(9) It's also worth noting that if the Help to Buy scheme really does inflate house prices, by waiting five years before you buy you run the risk of not actually being able to save enough for a 10% deposit, because you'll need a bigger amount than you now need.
(10) "The influence of private companies is getting ever bigger, and the right-wing government has been in favour of more privatisation."
(11) The budget red book contained a chart which suggested that the rich were indeed facing a bigger hit than anyone else, and Liberal Democrats were today pointing to this to justify the austerity package.
(12) Buying a share could get you into an AGM where you can stand up and ask a question, but if you have a bigger holding you could stage a protest at any point – if you can get support.
(13) "Maybe that's why they can't afford anywhere bigger: because they're always late for work."
(14) In the Punjab, the eastern province, the movement has been able to forge ad hoc links with fragmented sectarian groups or freelance operators who have split away from bigger, more established organisations that are under close watch by intelligence agencies, the officials said.
(15) We feel that some recent rule changes – on both the sporting and technical side, and including some business decisions – are disruptive, do not address the bigger issues our sport is facing and in some cases could jeopardise its future success.
(16) The fact that the leave campaign are getting things as straightforward as this wrong should call into judgment the bigger argument about leaving the EU.” He said out campaigners were trying to persuade people to vote for Brexit solely on the back of an issue “that is not true”.
(17) The bigger question to pose is whether these reforms can possibly meet the challenge the NHS faces from an explosion in chronic diseases, such as diabetes .
(18) The chancellor deliberately made cautious assumptions for the deficit in the budget, but the 5.6% contraction in the economy has blown an even bigger hole in the public finances than feared in April.
(19) It was intended, however, as a response to more radical reforms proposed by congressman Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan, and is likely to have relatively limited impact on the NSA's ability to collect data on US citizens through incidental means, the so-called backdoor provisions , which was seen as a bigger threat as Snowden's revelations continued.
(20) It's not exactly a giveaway, but it's a much bigger reduction that I expected, frankly.