neediness
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈniːdiness/
:
necesidad
- The amount that one gets depends on the degree of neediness, with students who have demonstrated that they come from the poorest families being given the highest amounts.
Examples
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The same coverage also raised the twin towers of aboriginal neediness and alcoholism.
Academic text (2007) -
On the faces of the two Leaver children, a boy and a girl, barely school age, I detect the droop-jawed neediness of the abandoned.
Fiction book (1994) -
(2) universal neediness;
Academic text (1994) -
The charity aims to alleviate the neediness of families who struggle to afford basic food and shelter.
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Government programs are designed to address the neediness seen in many communities affected by economic downturns.
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She felt a sense of neediness as she wandered through the streets, witnessing people without homes or food.
Synonyms
564
2.1
A situation when people lack basic things such as food or shelter
550
2.0
A situation of having very little money and few things
76
6.2
Not having basic things you need, like food, shelter, or sleep
17
4.3
A lack of the things needed to live
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7.9
A situation when someone has no money, home, or way to live
5
6.8
A situation when people become very poor and lack basic things
5
9.3
A lack of basic things needed to live, like food or shelter
1
2.5
A situation when someone has little money and few belongings
1
9.9
A state of being very poor with almost nothing
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6.8
A situation when someone has no money
A state of needing basic things like food or shelter
A lack of money for basic needs like food and shelter
The state of being very poor and having to beg for money or food
A situation in which someone has very little money
A state of having little or no money
Antonyms
How Needy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Neediness breaks into need 'a lack of what is necessary' and -ness 'a state'. So, neediness can mean the state of being very poor and not having basic things.