necessitous

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Back in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt, in his inaugural address, pointed out that "a necessitous man is not a free man."

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022

“The first lady’s initiative, ‘Let Girls Learn’ is a fantastic one, and it’s a necessitous one, and this film absolutely speaks to that, ” he says.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2016

He raised $300,000 for destitute Belgians, $5,000 for a memorial to Antarctic Explorer Scott, $15,000 "to provide pensions for necessitous grandnieces" of Charles Dickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the tired phrases of tribute and condolence, worn nearly meaningless by necessitous convention, were heard in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not to be supposed that the benefit of the public school system is shared only by the necessitous.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various