Poorness - definition of poorness by The Free Dictionary Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society b Relating to or characterized by poverty: the poor side of town 2 Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium 3
poorness - WordReference. com Dictionary of English 1 needy, indigent, necessitous, straitened, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken Poor, impecunious, impoverished, penniless refer to those lacking money