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

The man who had fathered this necessitous technique was Dr. Josep Trueta, onetime head of the department of surgery at Barcelona's General Hospital of Satalunya, now in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Evans promised to come round as soon as he possibly could, and the launch chuffed gallantly away to the relief of the still more necessitous on the other side of the island.

From White Fire by Oxenham, John