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necessitous
[nuh-ses-i-tuhs]
adjective
destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent.
to aid a necessitous young mother.
being essential or unavoidable.
a necessitous discharge of responsibilities.
requiring immediate attention or action; urgent.
the necessitous demands of the oil shortage.
necessitous
/ ²ŌÉŖĖ²õɲõÉŖ³ŁÉ²õ /
adjective
very needy; destitute; poverty-stricken
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- necessitously adverb
- necessitousness noun
- nonnecessitous adjective
- nonnecessitously adverb
- nonnecessitousness noun
- unnecessitous adjective
- unnecessitously adverb
- unnecessitousness noun
- ²Ō±šĖ³¦±š²õ²õ¾±³Ł“Ē³Ü²õ±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of necessitous1
Example Sentences
Back in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt, in his inaugural address, pointed out that "a necessitous man is not a free man."
As memories of subsistence struggles recede, people who are no longer necessitous are indeed free ā free to use politics for unpleasant self-expression.
āIf you just canāt get ānecessitousā out, and the authorās happy with it, you can go for āneedyā.ā
FDR said ānecessitous men are not free men,ā implying that government can and should remove necessity from the human story.
Fired workers can collect unemployment, but the court says those who quit donāt get compensation unless they have a ānecessitous and compellingā reason for leaving the job.
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