POORNESS

poorness

(noun) the quality of being poorly made or maintained; “she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography”

meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity

(noun) the quality of being meager; “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes”-George Eliot

poorness

(noun) less than adequate; “the relative poorness of New England farmland”

poverty, poorness, impoverishment

(noun) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

poorness (countable and uncountable, plural poornesses)

The quality of being poor

poverty

Anagrams

• snoopers, spooners

Source: Wiktionary


Poor"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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