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necessitous

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1. a. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. Source: opted
2. a. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. Source: opted
3. adj. poor enough to need help from others Source: wordnet
4. 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n. Source: webster
5. s poor enough to need help from others Source: ecdict

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ces circumstances destitute enough help indigent narrow need needy pinched pinching poor poverty pressed heirs ness parents penurious

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