Synonyms for Poorness (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions):
impoverishment, poverty
WordNet sense 2 (the quality of being meager):
exiguity, leanness, meagerness, scantiness, scantness, meagreness
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