neediness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of extreme poverty
    deprivation; want; privation.
  2. noun the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree
    • he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it

WordNet


Need"i*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.

Webster 1913