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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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Word of the Day

18 June 2025

SOUARI

(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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