cardinal
adjectiveOf primary or fundamental importance.
Fundamentally important
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adjectiveLacking the resources needed for basic living, or completely lacking something.
Lacking basic resources
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elemental
adjectiveBasic or essential to the nature of something.
fundamental
adjectiveBasic and essential to the nature or functioning of something.
Basic and essential
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indigent
adjectiveLacking the resources needed for basic living.
infrastructure
nounThe basic systems and structures that support an organization or activity.
primitive
adjectiveBasic or undeveloped in form or method; also belonging to an early stage of development.
rudimentary
adjectiveBasic or at an early stage of development.
subsistence
nounThe minimum means or resources needed to stay alive.
underlying
adjectiveForming a deeper basis or cause, sometimes not immediately obvious.
unsophisticated
adjectiveSimple or lacking refinement, worldly experience, or technical complexity.
Lacking worldly refinement
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