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Definitions of poorness
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the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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the quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). Newage Dictionary DB
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Usage examples for poorness
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The work was not a success in spite of its musical qualities, and the poorness of the libretto helped on its failure. – Musicians of To-Day by Romain Rolland Commentator: Claude Landi
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Nay, I knew his poorness to be such at this time that the Jesuits, his imps, begged at his church doors; his pride so abated that, notwithstanding his former high terms, he was become glad to congratulate his Majesty, and to send creeping unto him for peace. – Raleigh by Edmund Gosse