from Franklin D. Roosevelt Annual Message to Congress
1 We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
2 The first is freedom of speech and expression-everywhere in the world.
3 The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way-everywhere in the world.
4 The third is freedom from want-which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world.
5 The fourth is freedom from fear-which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor-anywhere in the world.
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"The third is freedom from want-which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world." (Paragraph 4)
Which meaning of the word want is used in the sentence?
1. intrinsic faults
2. unceasing longing
3. insufficient resources
4. unrealistic expectations
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