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Definition of Neediness

1. Noun. A state of extreme poverty.

2. Noun. The quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree. "He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it"

Definition of Neediness

1. n. The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.

Definition of Neediness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being needy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neediness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Neediness

needes needest needeth needfire needfires needful needfull needfully needfulness needfulnesses

needfuls needier neediest needihood needily neediness (current term) needinesses needing needle needle-bush

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Literary usage of Neediness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Peninsular War by Robert Southey (1828)
"Measures These measures proved the neediness of the intrusive government. Its atrocious character had already been amply demonstrated ; if farther proof ..."

2. A New English-German and German-English Dictionary: Containing All the Words by Adolphus Bernays (1834)
"—fcit, /. neediness, indigence, necessity, penury, poverty. rmu, m. thirst; strong desire. /. boldness, rashness. —en, on to thirst, to be thirsty, ..."

3. Biblical Theology of the New Testament by Bernhard Weiss, David Eaton, James E. Duguid (1882)
"... of neediness (Mark x. 14, 15); and one can attain this feeling only when, looking away from everything which he thinks he already possesses, or is, ..."

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