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poorness meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of poorness at MeaningMonkey.org. poorness meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.POORNESS noun
Definition of poorness (noun)
- the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- synonyms: impoverishment, poverty
- antonym: wealth
- less than adequate
- "the relative poorness of New England farmland"
- the quality of being meager
- "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- synonyms: exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness
- the quality of being poorly made or maintained
- "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet