long-felt
long-felt adjective: of a problem, need, or desire, that has existed for a significant period of time without an adequate solution.
Adjective
long-felt (comparative longer-felt, superlative longest-felt)
- Of a problem, need, or desire, that has existed for a significant period of time without an adequate solution.
- They always satisfy a long-felt want - on the part of the professors; and they seem to be "fillin'" to certain "aching voids" that gather in to fill the classes.1883, Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association, Worthington College (Ohio). Medical Department (contributor), The Eclectic Medical Journal, page 196
- Here Plaintiff says that the St. Germain patent supplied a long-felt need when Plaintiff itself, an aerosol valve manufacturer, has never been able to give the public one single St. Germain valve structure.1964, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Aerosol Research Company V. Scovill Manufacturing Company, (A. Schrader's Son Division), page 7
Forms of long-felt
| comparative | longer-felt |
|---|---|
| superlative | longest-felt |
Origin of long-felt
From long + felt.
Questions about long-felt
- What does long-felt mean?
- Long-felt means of a problem, need, or desire, that has existed for a significant period of time without an adequate solution.
- What part of speech is long-felt?
- Long-felt is an adjective.
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