D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Neediness

/(nēd"ĭ*nĕs)/ · Need·i·ness · IPA /ˈniː.di.nəs/
01 n. The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.
  1. 1.
    The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.