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poorness

/ˈpuɹnəs/ noun

The quality of being poor

Word Origin Poor comes from Latin pauper 'producing little' — from paucus 'little' and parere 'to produce'. So poorness is the state of having little. The same root gives us poverty, pauper, and impoverish. The -ness suffix turns the adjective into a noun.

noun The quality of being poor countable

The poorness of the soil made farming difficult in that region.

(名词) 贫乏；贫穷；贫困

土壤的贫瘠使得那个地区的农耕很困难。

(sustantivo) pobreza; escasez; insuficiencia; miseria [La cualidad de ser pobre; pobreza.]

La pobreza del suelo dificultaba la agricultura en esa región.

(nom) pauvreté; médiocrité; insuffisance [Caractère de ce qui est pauvre, médiocre ou insuffisant.]

La pauvreté du sol rendait l'agriculture difficile dans cette région.

(Substantiv) Armut [der Zustand oder die Eigenschaft, arm oder von geringer Qualität zu sein]

Die **poorness** des Bodens machte die Landwirtschaft in dieser Region schwierig.

(名詞) 貧しさ、乏しさ、粗末であること。物質的・経済的に困窮している状態、または質が低いこと。

その地域の土壌の乏しさは農業を困難にしていた。

(substantivo) pobreza; escassez; carência; miserabilidade [A qualidade de ser pobre.]

A pobreza do solo tornava a agricultura difícil naquela região.

Synonyms: poverty destitution impoverishment indigence neediness pennilessness inadequacy Antonyms: wealth richness affluence prosperity
Word parts: poor + ness

Related words

poorly pauperize impoverishment

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