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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poorness
Noun
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The problems of poverty — food insecurity, substandard housing, evictions, addiction, unemployment, exposure to violence — impact how kids learn.—
Adam Schwartz,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025 -
Globalization did lift more than a billion people out of poverty, an astounding feat.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His legal team also filed a separate motion requesting a public defender be assigned to his case, citing indigence.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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The ceaseless movement of staff around the world compounds this nebulous sensation of perpetual indigence.—
Nick Foulkes,
theweek,
7 Nov. 2024
Noun
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That would help ensure that our longer lives are not feared as a time of pain, penury or purposelessness, but as a treasured gift of years.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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One of Thompson’s signature innovations was to use a predictive algorithm to kick ailing and disabled Medicare patients out of nursing homes and rehabilitative programs, causing untold misery and penury.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Poorness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poorness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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