🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

未满足需求

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wèi mǎnzú xūqiú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unmet-need/ˌʌnˈmɛt niːd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该报告指出了偏远地区在医疗方面的未满足需求。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A requirement, deficiency, or problem that is currently not being satisfied, supplied, or adequately addressed by existing resources, services, or interventions.

    "Healthcare planners are working to identify every unmet need within rural communities to improve medical access."
  2. 2

    In reproductive health and demography, the condition of wanting to avoid or postpone childbearing but not currently using any method of contraception.

    "Family planning programs often focus on reducing the unmet need for contraception among women in developing regions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the prefix 'un-' (Old English 'on-', 'un-', meaning not or opposite of) combined with 'met' (past participle of the Old English verb 'mētan', meaning to find or satisfy) and 'need' (from Old English 'nēd', denoting constraint, necessity, or requirement). Originally appearing primarily in public health and economic discourse in the mid-20th century, it has evolved into a standard socioeconomic and demographic term indicating a discrepancy between required services or goods and those actually received.

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🇫🇷French → English

besoin non satisfit

Transliteration: bə.zwɛ̃ nɔ̃ sa.tis.fe

"Il reste de nombreux besoins non satisfaits dans le secteur de la santé."

🇩🇪German → English

ungedeckter Bedarf

Transliteration: ʊnɡəˌdɛktɐ bəˈdaʁf

"Die Studie untersucht den ungedeckten Bedarf an psychologischen Therapien."

🇮🇹Italian → English

bisogno insoddisfatto

Transliteration: biˈzoɲo in.sod.disˈfat.to

"L'analisi evidenzia un forte bisogno insoddisfatto di assistenza domiciliare."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

necesidad insatisfecha

Transliteration: ne.se.siˈdad in.sa.tisˈfe.tʃa

"Existe una gran necesidad insatisfecha de servicios médicos en esa zona."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

necessidade não atendida

Transliteration: ne.se.siˈda.dʒi nɐ̃w̃ a.tẽˈdi.da

"O programa visa reduzir a necessidade não atendida de planejamento familiar."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

अपरिपूरे आवश्यकता

Transliteration: aparipoore avashyakata

"ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं की एक बड़ी अपरिपूरे आवश्यकता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

未满足需求

Transliteration: wèi mǎnzú xūqiú

"该报告指出了偏远地区在医疗方面的未满足需求。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

미충족 수요

Transliteration: michungjok suyo

"정부는 저소득층의 의료 서비스 미충족 수요를 해결해야 합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

未充足のニーズ

Transliteration: mischūsoku no nīzu

"高齢者福祉における未充足のニーズが浮き彫りになった。"

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