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ne·ces·si·tous

(nə-sĕs′ĭ-təs)

adj.

1. Needy; indigent.

2. Compelling; urgent.

[French nécessiteux, from Old French, necessary, from necessite, necessity; see necessity.]

ne·ces′si·tous·ly adv.

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necessitous

(nɪˈsɛsɪtəs) or

necessitied

adj

very needy; destitute; poverty-stricken

neˈcessitously adv

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ne•ces•si•tous

(nəˈsɛs ɪ təs)

adj.

1. needy; indigent.

2. essential or unavoidable.

3. requiring immediate attention or action; urgent: necessitous demands.

[1605–15]

ne•ces′si•tous•ly, adv.

ne•ces′si•tous•ness, n.

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Adj.

necessitous - poor enough to need help from others

destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, poverty-stricken

poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

necessitous

adjective

Having little or no money or wealth:

beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken.

Informal: broke, strapped.

Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers.

Translations

bisognoso

necessitous

[nɪˈsesɪtəs] ADJ (frm) → necesitado, indigente

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necessitous

adj (old, form) → dürftig, armselig

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