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noun
- 1. the state of lacking or being deficient in some desirable quality or constituent: "the poorness of the food"
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Synonyms for POORNESS: poverty, impoverishment, indigence, pauperism, penury, misery, necessity, beggary; Antonyms of POORNESS: wealth, richness, affluence, opulence, wealthiness, prosperity, luxury
1. a. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society. b. Relating to or characterized by poverty: the poor side of town. 2. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium. 3.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions. synonyms: impoverishment, poverty. see more. noun. less than adequate. “the relative poorness of New England farmland”. see more. noun. the quality of being poorly made or maintained.
poorness. noun. /ˈpɔːnəs/, /ˈpʊənəs/ /ˈpʊrnəs/, /ˈpɔːrnəs/ [uncountable] the state of not having a good quality or feature. The poorness of the land makes farming impossible. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
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poorness. noun. These are words and phrases related to poorness. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. PAUCITY. Synonyms. paucity. scarcity. dearth. lack. shortage. scarceness. scantiness. deficiency. poverty. sparsity. meagerness. puniness. thinness. insufficiency. Antonyms. surfeit. overflow. excess. surplus. superabundance.
not good; being of a very low quality, quantity, or standard: a poor harvest. Last year's exam results were fairly poor. poor at I was always very poor at maths at school. poor health Dad had been in poor health for several years. At last month's meeting, attendance was poor. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
1. a. : lacking material possessions. b. : of, relating to, or characterized by poverty. 2. a. : less than adequate : meager. b. : small in worth. 3. : exciting pity. you poor thing. 4. a. : inferior in quality or value. b. : humble, unpretentious. c. : mean, petty.
adj. having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. Law dependent upon charity or public support. (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds. characterized by or showing poverty. deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.
poorness. Plural: poornesses. Poorness Sentence Examples. In spite, however, of all mitigations the Franciscans have nearly always presented to the world an object lesson in evangelical poverty by the poorness and simplicity of their lives and surroundings.
