Neediness: alternatives and connections

The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.

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The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.

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The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.

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Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

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The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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