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[ noun ] the quality of being meager

Examples

"an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot

2
[ noun ] less than adequate

Examples

"the relative poorness of New England farmland"

Related terms

fruitlessness

3
[ noun ] the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
4
[ noun ] the quality of being poorly made or maintained

Examples

"she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography"

Related terms

inferiority

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