English-Thai Dictionary
poorness
N ความยากจน ความขาดแคลน need poverty starvation kwamyak-jon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POORNESS
n.Destitution of property; indigence; poverty; want; as the poorness of the exchequer. No less I hate him than the gates of hell,
That poorness can force an untruth to tell.
[In this sense, we generally use poverty. ]
1. Meanness; lowness; want of dignity; as the poorness of language.
2. Want of spirit; as poorness and degeneracy of spirit.
3. Barrenness; sterility; as the poorness of land or soil.
4. Unproductiveness; want of the metallic substance; as the poorness of ore.
5. Smallness or bad quality; as the poorness of crops or of grain.
6. Want of value or importance; as the poorness of a plea.
7. Want of good qualities, or the proper qualities which constitute a thing good in its kind; as the poorness of a ship or of cloth.
8. Narrowness; barrenness; want of capacity.
Poorness of spirit, in a theological sense, true humility or contrition of heart on account of sin.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POORNESS
POORNESS Poor "ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective ). Bacon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
poorness
poor ness |ˈpo͝ornəs, ˈpôr -ˈpʊ (ə )rnəs ˈpɔ (ə )rnəs | ▶noun the state of lacking or being deficient in some desirable quality or constituent: the poorness of the food.
Oxford Dictionary
poorness
poor |ness |ˈpɔːnɪs, ˈpʊənɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of lacking or being deficient in some desirable quality or constituent: the poorness of the food.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
poorness
p ó or ness 名詞 U 欠乏, 不足, 貧弱 ; 劣等, 粗悪 (!貧乏, 貧困の意味ではpovertyが普通 ) .