poorness
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Types & categories
- financial condition hypernym
- privation hyponym
- destitution hyponym
- pauperization hyponym
- penuriousness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
less than adequate
the relative poorness of New England farmland
Types & categories
- aridity hypernym
Related & opposite
- poor derivation
Sense 3 noun
the quality of being meager
an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes
Types & categories
- inadequacy hypernym
- wateriness hyponym
- abstemiousness hyponym
- spareness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the quality of being poorly made or maintained
she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography
Types & categories
- low quality hypernym
Related & opposite
- poor derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | wealth |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | financial condition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | privation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | destitution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pauperization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | penuriousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | aridity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meager |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scanty |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | exiguous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lean |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lean |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimpy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scantp |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inadequacy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wateriness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | abstemiousness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spareness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | low quality |