puutteenalaisuus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deprivation noun The state of lacking something necessary, such as food, sleep, or basic comfort.
- misery noun A state of deep unhappiness, suffering, or distress.
- necessity noun The state of being required or unavoidable.
Senses
puutteenalaisuus is used for these senses in English:
- deprivation (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
- misery (Extreme) poverty.
- necessity The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
- necessity The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
misery — full definition
- noun A state of deep unhappiness, suffering, or distress.
- noun Something that causes great unhappiness, such as hardship or poverty.