poorness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
  2. noun less than adequate
  3. noun the quality of being meager; -George Eliot

Etymology

From Middle English poornes, porenes, porenesse, pornes, pornesse, povernesse, powrenesse; equivalent to poor + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

poverty, impoverishment

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