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impossible to do without
- all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one
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2
lacking money or material possessions
- amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community
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- beggared,
- beggarly,
- broke,
- destitute,
- dirt-poor,
- down-and-out,
- famished,
- hard up,
- impecunious,
- impoverished,
- indigent,
- needful,
- needy,
- pauperized,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poverty-stricken,
- skint
- [chiefly British],
- threadbare
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- affluent,
- deep-pocketed,
- fat,
- fat-cat,
- flush,
- moneyed
- (also monied),
- opulent,
- rich,
- silk-stocking,
- wealthy,
- well-heeled,
- well-off,
- well-to-do
3
needing immediate attention
- firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow
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“Necessitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessitous. Accessed 26 Nov. 2021.
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The first known use of necessitous was in 1611
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