Definition of "desparate" [desparate]

• Common misspelling of desperate. (adjective)

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• "None are quite as good as the original, but they do paint a portrait of an absolutely spoiled brat who is in desparate need of a whuppin. '"
• "Having a for-profit health insurance industry clearly has benefitted nobody – except for the health insurance industry. 10-20% annual cost-increases is not indicitive of a good business model, its indicitive of an industry in desparate need of either regulation or dissolution."
• "They're in desparate need of a party that reflects the motto "people don't kill people, guns kill people"."