Meaning of long-felt | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a problem, need, or desire, that has existed for a significant period of time without an adequate solution.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level