Poorness
[puәnis]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being poorly made or maintained; 'she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography'.
(noun.) less than adequate; 'the relative poorness of New England farmland'.
Checker: Rita--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
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Examples
- The poorness of the pasture had, in his opinion, occasioned the degradation of their cattle, which degenerated sensibly from me generation to another. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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