POORNESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

poorness

noun

Definition of poorness

as in poverty

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions each country has its own standard of poorness, and one nation's needy inhabitant can be another's fairly well-off citizen

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Noun

Much of the area is marked by poverty and residents routinely complain they are left to fend for themselves during natural disasters.

— MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Economy Minister Luis Caputo acknowledged Thursday’s increase on social media but emphasized that poverty remained far below the levels recorded during Milei’s first months in office.

— Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of poverty

Noun

His subjects are voluntary members of the American elite who were at no risk of imprisonment or impoverishment.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Just as with the Romans, we peasants are treated to a spectacle to distract us from the reality of the abject impoverishment of the social safety net and the abandonment of the poor.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of impoverishment

Noun

Trump has squeezed tight on the island’s already ailing economy, with a de facto blockade on the importation of oil bringing Cuba to virtual penury.

— Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
Such claims of penury, however, were difficult to square with certain facts.

— Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of penury

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