Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state, condition, or quality of being poor, in any of the senses of the word; poverty; meanness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
poor - noun
poverty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being poorly made or maintained
- noun the quality of being meager
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- noun less than adequate
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Examples
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Another word for "poorness" is "poverty;" they teach that sometime after third grade.
unknown title 2009
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i heard their "poorness" is contagious, don't let them touch you.
unknown title 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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I am always amazed by some of the word uneducated people understand in this country as well as amazed by the poorness of their vocabulary.
Trueque 2009
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