long-felt
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a problem, need, or desire, that has existed for a significant period of time without an adequate solution.
Example Sentences
- "They always satisfy a long-felt want - on the part of the professors; and they seem to be "fillin'" to certain "aching voids" that gather in to fill the classes."
- "Here Plaintiff says that the St. Germain patent supplied a long-felt need when Plaintiff itself, an aerosol valve manufacturer, has never been able to give the public one single St. Germain valve structure."
- "The longest-felt need in computers has been for an economical on-line memory where vast amounts of information are almost instantly accessible."