necessitous
adjective
[ nɪˈsɛsɪtəs ]
• (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy.
• "dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers"
Similar:
needy,
in need,
poor,
badly off,
hard up,
short of money,
disadvantaged,
underprivileged,
unable to make ends meet,
needful,
impoverished,
poverty-stricken,
penurious,
penniless,
impecunious,
destitute,
indigent,
on one's beam-ends,
as poor as a church mouse,
on the breadline,
without a penny to one's name,
on one's uppers,
in Queer Street,
pauperized,
beggared,
Origin:
early 17th century: from French nécessiteux, or from necessity + -ous.
