neediness

English

Etymology

needy +‎ -ness

Noun

neediness (plural needinesses)

1. The characteristic of being needy.
   • 1982, Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism, page 247

     The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.

Translations

characteristic of being needy

• Finnish: vähävaraisuus
• Georgian: საჭიროება (sač̣iroeba), გაჭირვებულობა (gač̣irvebuloba)
• German: Bedürftigkeit (de) f
• Persian: نیاز (fa) (niâz), نیازمندی (fa) (niâzmandi)
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• Portuguese: carência (pt) f
• Russian: нужда́ (ru) f (nuždá)
• Swedish: bekräftelsebehov n