needed

comparative more needed · superlative most needed

1. Necessary; being required.

   A much-needed rest.

   2 more examples

   Just-in-time as-needed support for in-house training

   And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish GBR, drive through urgently needed fares reform, and come up with imaginative and effective train operating contracts...

   2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3

   Antonyms: unneeded

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of need