Famine and Need

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Famine

Famine noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.

Usage example: there's a famine of good general practitioners in many rural areas

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Need and famine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Famine".

Nearby Word: famished

Need

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Famine and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Famine" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

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old	old famine	old need
good	good famine	good need
natural	natural famine	natural need
real	real famine	real need
Other adjectives: constant, extreme, secret, new, last, sudden.

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