neediness
noun/ˈniː.di.nəs/
Etymology From Middle English nedynesse; equivalent to needy + -ness.
1
The characteristic of being needy.
- The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.1982, Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism, page 247: