Synonyms of the word

poorness

• n. The quality of being poor.
• n. poverty.

aridity

• n. A long term lack of rainfall or moisture.

barrenness

• n. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.

deficiency

• n. (uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
• n. (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
• n. (geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves…
• n. (geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

exiguity

• n. The quality of being meagre or scanty.

fruitlessness

• n. The quality of being fruitless.

impoverishment

• n. The action of impoverishing someone.
• n. The state of being impoverished.

inadequacy

• n. The state of being inadequate.
• n. A shortage of required material.
• n. A lack of competence or ability.

inferiority

• n. The quality or state of being inferior.
• n. An inferior quality.
• n. The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.

insufficiency

• n. The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

leanness

• n. The property of being lean, without excess or fat.

meagerness

• n. (US) The state of being meager.

meagreness

• n. (Britain) The state of being meagre.

poverty

• n. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
• n. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness.

scantiness

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being scanty.

scantness

• n. The property of being scant.