Necessitous

Quick meaning: Necessitous is an adjective meaning Lacking; required.

Meaning

Lacking; required.

More Meanings

1. Necessary; unavoidable.
2. (archaic) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.

Example Sentences

Those are the necessitous things you must do to make the farm a going concern and make it attractive to the farmer to buy it.

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.

I think that a part of my assignment is to distill out of the raw material of my experience all the necessitous ingredients that I need to make my journey.

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

Synonyms for necessitous

Depending on context, synonyms include destitute, impoverished, indigent, poor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include poor, indigent, impoverished, destitute, penurious, leer.

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