According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
POORNESS
poorness
(noun) the quality of being poorly made or maintained; âshe was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photographyâ
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity
(noun) the quality of being meager; âan exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capesâ-George Eliot
poorness
(noun) less than adequate; âthe relative poorness of New England farmlandâ
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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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
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