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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