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need-based

need-based adjective: derived from need rather than earned by merit, regarding financial or other assistance.

Adjective

need-based (comparative more need-based, superlative most need-based)

  1. Derived from need rather than earned by merit, regarding financial or other assistance.

Forms of need-based

comparativemore need-based
superlativemost need-based

Questions about need-based

What does need-based mean?
Need-based means derived from need rather than earned by merit, regarding financial or other assistance.
What part of speech is need-based?
Need-based is an adjective.

Words near need-based in the dictionary

  1. need one's bumps felt
  2. need one's eyes checked
  3. need one's head examined
  4. need to
  5. need'st
  6. need-based
  7. need-blind
  8. need-fire
  9. need-fires
  10. need-not
  11. need-nots

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