neediness

From Middle English nedynesse; equivalent to needy +‎ -ness.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniː.di.nəs/

neediness (plural needinesses)

1. The characteristic of being needy.
   • 1982, Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism, page 247:

     The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.

• Essendine