The phrase "rudimentary needs" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to the basic necessities a person needs to survive, such as food, water, shelter, and clothing. For example, "The homeless population in our city is struggling to meet their most rudimentary needs."
This rudimentary pasta needs a couple of hours to dry out.
Women's risk for maternal distress increased when they find no one available to assist them in meeting such rudimentary psychodynamic needs.
According to him, "the most basic, the most rudimentary spiritual need of the Russian people is the need for suffering, ever-present and unquenchable, everywhere and in everything".
Current definition and annotation of genes is rudimentary and still needs a lot of improvement, as evidenced by the data of Paulsen (Johnson et al., 2008) evaluating transporter annotation and showing only 44% correct annotation.
His fielding and batting may be rudimentary but England need an experienced spinner – a wily old head to fit in a vibrant new team.
With people living longer and healthier, programs devised in an earlier era of shorter lifespans and more rudimentary medicine probably need revision, and so let's see what happens when different states or regions tweak one aspect or another of these entitlements, rigorously assessing the results after a set period of time.
Barakat has hired a lawyer, but even needed rudimentary repairs must wait until the case is resolved.
To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying flowering in litchi, identifying ROS responsive genes in rudimentary leaves is needed as well as those in panicle primordia.
I needed to improve my rudimentary Spanish, and she needed to learn to read, so we worked out a tutoring arrangement that would benefit both of us.
