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necessitous

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11 lettersPronunciation /nəˈsɛ.sə.təs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceeinossstuStarts with NEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. poor enough to need help from others

Word origin

From necessity + -ous, after Middle French nécessiteux.

Used in a sentence

  • [W]ith what Face could Wretches who had ravaged and made so many Neceſſitous, look up for Relief; they had to that Moment lived in Defiance of the Power that now alone they muſt truſt for their Preſervation, […]
  • Thus I have laid before you some arguments, plain indeed, but I hope not nugatory, to enforce a cheerful and generous attention to institutions formed for the instruction and relief of necessitous children
  • For all our vow of poverty, we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our necessitous kindred, or in charity.

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