a state of extreme poverty
neediness
How to use neediness in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for neediness.
Editorial note
Not the OP but I think neediness is more than that.
Quick take
a state of extreme poverty
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of neediness gathered in one view.
the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for neediness.
noun
a state of extreme poverty
See also: privation, want, deprivation
noun
the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it"
Example sentences
Not the OP but I think neediness is more than that.
The people who do this kind of stuff are needy, and they are frequently bottomless in their neediness.
' And this neediness makes you as a person very unattractive.
We don’t accept that level of neediness from any other household tool.
That's a problem because it's difficult for potential prospects to get a sense of who you really are behind the neediness.
People "smell" neediness and low-self esteem: do something that makes you proud of yourself and stop listening to social pressures of any kind.
It seems to me that neediness is exactly the belief that other people are essential to your life satisfaction and fulfillment.
The reasoning goes that feeling the need for something actually pushes it away, or rather a feeling of neediness attracts more neediness.
You now are hyper-connected and on an interrupt loop, timechucks sliced by the sum total of maximum neediness into mere minutes.
Whatever your do on the marketing/sales side, your prospects will feel neediness and desperation which instantly overrides any benefits your product might bring.
I'd wager that the most manipulative people in social settings are people with the most neediness but least experience, self-esteem, and emotional stability.
Loans encourage a proactive and independent mentality on the part of the entrepreneur, rewarding success rather than neediness.
I have another advice:Since many and me wrote that you should NOT go out and look for friends since it makes you needy and people smell the neediness it's is important to note that having a few good friends is the key to happiness.
"Romantically I became schizophrenic, smashing hearts on purpose or falling head over heels with a one-night stand, exhibiting neediness that disgusted me yet I rationalized that becoming a self-loathing depressive could be filed neatly into my persona as a tortured New York artist, material for stories I would surely write someday.
For me 'It' works because of its insights into human nature – it's use of fantasy to look unflinchingly at human nature at it's worst and it's most beautiful, to do justice to a world that is full of both evil and goodness, because every story overlaps with other stories overlapping with other stories, just like real life, because it's a morally uncompromising book which presents no hard and fast rules of morality, because it portrays children and childhood accurately, because it shows us a world where abuse, neglect and apathy are rife, come in many forms, and can be perpetrated by people for all kinds of reasons, sometimes wilfully, sometimes from neediness, sometimes from a self-deluded sense of righteousness, sometimes from lack of knowing anything better.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use neediness in a sentence?
Not the OP but I think neediness is more than that.
What does neediness mean?
a state of extreme poverty
What part of speech is neediness?
neediness is commonly used as noun.