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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
/ ɪˈɛɪə /
adjective
- very needy; destitute; poverty-stricken
Derived Forms
- Աˈٴdzܲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- Ա·s·ٴdzܲ· adverb
- Ա·s·ٴdzܲ·Ա noun
- ԴDzn·s·ٴdzܲ adjective
- nonԱ·s·ٴdzܲ· adverb
- nonԱ·s·ٴdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲn·s·ٴdzܲ adjective
- unԱ·s·ٴdzܲ· adverb
- unԱ·s·ٴdzܲ·Ա noun
51Թ 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 — free to use politics for unpleasant self-expression.
“If you just can’t get ‘necessitous’ out, and the author’s happy with it, you can go for ‘needy’.”
FDR said “necessitous men are not free men,” implying that government can and should remove necessity from the human story.
Fired workers can collect unemployment, but the court says those who quit don’t get compensation unless they have a “necessitous and compelling” reason for leaving the job.
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