definition of
poorness

[1] #1 poorness n. [poverty, impoverishment] the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions. wn

[2] #2 poorness n. less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland". wn

[3] #3 poorness n. [meagerness, meagreness, leanness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity] the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot. wn

[4] #4 poorness n. the quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography". wn