#need__demand a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
supertype: #condition.state__status a condition or state at a particular time: "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
subtype: #lack__deficiency__want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
subtype: #absence.lack the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
subtype: #nonoccurrence absence by virtue of not occurring
subtype: #awayness the state of being elsewhere than in particular place
subtype: #dearth__famine__shortage a severe shortage (especially a shortage of food)
subtype: #mineral_deficiency__mineraldeficiency lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism
subtype: #sideropenia a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage
subtype: #stringency__tightness__tightnes a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
subtype: #necessity the condition of being essential or indispensable
subtype: #requisiteness__requisitenes the state of being absolutely required
subtype: #urgency the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
subtype: #hurry__haste a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door"
subtype: #imperativeness__insistence__insistency__press__pres the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters"
subtype: #criticalness__criticality__cruciality a state of critical urgency
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