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needinesses

needinesses is the plural of neediness.

Meaning of neediness

Noun

neediness (plural needinesses)

  1. The characteristic of being needy.
    • The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.1982, Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism, page 247

Questions about needinesses

What is needinesses the plural of?
Needinesses is the plural of neediness.

Words near needinesses in the dictionary

  1. neediest
  2. needihood
  3. needily
  4. needin'
  5. neediness
  6. needinesses
  7. needing
  8. needing more time in the oven
  9. needing no introduction
  10. needing one's bumps feeling
  11. needing one's bumps felt

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