poorness

(noun)

noun

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

Similar word(s): impoverishment, poverty

Definition categories: state

2. less than adequate

- the relative poorness of New England farmland

Definition categories: attribute, aridity, barrenness, fruitlessness

3. the quality of being meager

Similar word(s): exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness

Definition categories: attribute, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

4. the quality of being poorly made or maintained

- she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography

Definition categories: attribute, inferiority