n. | 1. | The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: impoverishment, poverty |
2. | poorness - less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland" | |
3. | poorness - the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot | |
4. | poorness - the quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography" |