poorness
- n the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
 - n  less than adequate
                    
                        
                            
the relative poorness of New England farmland - n the quality of being meager
 - n  the quality of being poorly made or maintained
                    
                        
                            
she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography 
- He explains, however, that with all the sickness and poorness of the people around him, 'it is difficult not to give to people in great want.
 - Robert, why is it that some people question their poorness (unhappy just to work for a wage, they want more, they want to change) and other people keep living poor?.