Minimalist’s need Crossword Clue

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Minimalist’s need Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
(adjective)
1. (comparative of `little’ usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
2. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MINIMALIST (noun)
1. a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics
2. a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism
MINIMALIST (adjective)
1. advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)
NEED (verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
NEED (noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

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