starve
verb [ T, often passive ]
uk/stɑːv/ usif a company, etc. is starved of something necessary or good, it does not receive enough of it:
starve sth of sth His predecessor in the job had starved the business of capital investment.
be starved of/for cash/funds/investment The company was starved of cash and failed to compete worldwide.
-starved
suffix
This is not an industry which is capital-starved.
See also
cash-starved