necessitousness

/nəˈsɛsɪtəsnəs/
noun
  1. The state of being very poor or needy; extreme poverty.
    • His necessitousness was so severe that he often went without food for days.
    • The government program aims to reduce necessitousness among the elderly.
    • The charity works to relieve the necessitousness of families in the rural areas.
  2. The quality of being unavoidable or necessary; inevitability.
    • The necessitousness of the decision became clear when the storm approached.
    • The necessitousness of the law was debated in the town hall meeting.
    • She accepted the necessitousness of change in her career path.
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