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Definition of neediness : The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.

Synonyms:

penuriousness, penury, beggary, impecuniosity, need, destitution, pennilessness, indigence, impecuniousness, privation, impoverishment, rich, want, poverty

Usage examples:

• 16. The female child places the neediness and helplessness of the people in more striking contrast with the refusal of help from Him who alone can bestow it. - "Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, v. 1", Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg.
• Monica maintained that neediness and unhappiness must go together. - "Life of Saint Monica", F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes.
• To this everyone agreed but Monica, who still argued that unhappiness could not be separated from neediness. - "Life of Saint Monica", F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes.