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poorness

poor·ness

uncommon

noun

1.

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

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2.

less than adequate

  • “the relative poorness of New England farmland”
3.

the quality of being meager

  • “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes” George Eliot
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4.

the quality of being poorly made or maintained

  • “she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography”

Origin

From Middle English poornes, porenes, porenesse, pornes, pornesse, povernesse, powrenesse; equivalent to poor + -ness.

Phrases

  • poorness is a state of mind

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