Synonyms for poorness

Synonyms for (noun) poorness

Synonyms: poorness

Definition: the quality of being poorly made or maintained

Usage: she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography

Similar words: inferiority, low quality

Definition: an inferior quality


Synonyms: scantiness, scantness, poorness, exiguity, meagerness, meagreness, leanness

Definition: the quality of being meager

Usage: an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes-George Eliot

Similar words: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency

Definition: lack of an adequate quantity or number

Usage: the inadequacy of unemployment benefits


Synonyms: poorness

Definition: less than adequate

Usage: the relative poorness of New England farmland

Similar words: fruitlessness, barrenness, aridity

Definition: the quality of yielding nothing of value


Synonyms: poverty, poorness, impoverishment

Definition: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

Similar words: financial condition

Definition: the condition of (corporate or personal) finances


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