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necessitousness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being necessitous; the want of what is necessary for one's station; need.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or condition of impoverishment; material need, especially of an urgent nature.
  • noun rare The state or condition of being necessary or essential; necessity.

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Examples

  • Blessed be the Good One, Who suddenly enriched our necessitousness and supplied our needs!

    Hymn on the Nativity Argent 2006

  • His answer to her reproaches pleaded the necessitousness of his purchases and expenditure: a capital plea; and

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • His answer to her reproaches pleaded the necessitousness of his purchases and expenditure: a capital plea; and

    Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

  • His answer to her reproaches pleaded the necessitousness of his purchases and expenditure: a capital plea; and

    Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • For though sometimes necessitousness be dumb, or misery speak not out, yet true charity is sagacious, and will find out hints for beneficence.

    Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863

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