Poorness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state, condition, or quality of being poor, in any of the senses of the word; poverty; meanness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The quality of being
poor
noun.
poverty
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noun.
the quality of being poorly made or maintained
noun.
the quality of being meager
noun.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
noun.
less than adequate
Word Usage
"Another word for "poorness" is "poverty;" they teach that sometime after third grade."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
aridity
barrenness
fruitlessness
inferiority
low quality
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
angularity
anæsthesia
conveniency
dearness
dramatizations