NEEDINESS

• (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"

• (noun) a state of extreme poverty

  synonyms : deprivation , privation , want

  Privation had caused the man’s bones to stick out prominently in his frail body. -added by naila_inlas

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