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Definitions of poorness

1. the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. the quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

5. The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). Newage Dictionary DB

6. Poverty; the quality or state of being poor. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

7. The state or condition ofbeing poor. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

8. Defectiveness; lack of some good quality or constituent. Concise Oxford Dictionary

9. n. The state or condition of being poor in its various senses. Cabinet Dictionary