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Poorness

noun
1.
The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions.  Synonyms: impoverishment, poverty.  Antonym: wealth.
2.
Less than adequate.
3.
The quality of being meager.  Synonyms: exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness.
4.
The quality of being poorly made or maintained.





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"Poorness" Quotes from Famous Books



... to complain again about the poorness of her racket, though it was a serious handicap in her games at school, where most of the girls came supplied with the very best. In spite of this impediment her play improved steadily, and she several times beat Louise Mawson, though she could ...
— The Youngest Girl in the Fifth - A School Story • Angela Brazil


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