POORNESS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the quality of being poorly made or maintained
    Usage Example(s)
    • she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography
    Hypernyms(s) poorness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the quality of being meager
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes-George Eliot
    Hypernyms(s) poorness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • less than adequate
    Usage Example(s)
    • the relative poorness of New England farmland
    Hypernyms(s) poorness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) poorness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s)