nnoun.statethe state of having little or no money and few or no material possessionsSynset:impoverishment poverty
Antonyms:wealth
Derivationally Related Form:poor
Hypernyms:financial condition
Inherited Hypernyms:povertyfinancial conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:deprivationdestitutionimpecuniousnessindigenceneedneedinesspauperismpauperizationpennilessnesspenuriousnesspenuryprivationwant
Full Hyponyms:beggarydestitutionimpecuniousnessindigenceprivation
nnoun.attributeless than adequateExamples:- the relative poorness of New England farmland
Derivationally Related Form:poor
Hypernyms:aridity barrenness fruitlessness
Inherited Hypernyms:poornessfruitlessnessqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.attributethe quality of being meagerSynset:exiguity leanness meagerness meagreness scantiness scantness
Examples:- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
Derivationally Related Form:exiguousmeagermeagrepoorscantleanscanty
Hypernyms:deficiency inadequacy insufficiency
Inherited Hypernyms:meagernessinsufficiencyamountmagnitudepropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:abstemiousnesssparenesssparsenesssparsitythinnesswateriness
Full Hyponyms:abstemiousnesssparsenesswateriness
nnoun.attributethe quality of being poorly made or maintainedExamples:- she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography
Hypernyms:inferiority low quality
Inherited Hypernyms:poornessinferiorityqualitydegreepropertyattributeabstractionentity