Asked by Quandra

Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines.”

The coal companies, in response, recruited workers from as far as New York’s Ellis Island, where newly arriving immigrants were desperate for jobs.

What is the denotation of the word desperate?

in need of
excited about
overlooked for
interested in

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"in need of" — "desperate for jobs" means they urgently needed or wanted work.