#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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