Dictionary definition · poorness
noun
- the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- less than adequate"the relative poorness of New England farmland"
- the quality of being meager"an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"
- the quality of being poorly made or maintained"she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).