poorness

poorness is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
2. noun. the quality of being poorly made or maintained

   "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography"

3. noun. the quality of being meager-George Eliot

   "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"

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

4. noun. less than adequate

   "the relative poorness of New England farmland"

5. noun. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

   Synonyms: impoverishment, poverty

Synonyms

exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, impoverishment, poverty

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in poorness:

snoopers, spooners

Common word forms

poornesses

Words from these letters

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