poorness
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But my poorness pales in comparison to Tupac’s poverty and not knowing where your next meal is going to come from throughout your adolescence.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
I do not complain at the poorness of the floor show that they were putting on," he wrote solemnly, "but I recoiled to hear them cry, 'Tuppence for the Guy, sir?'
From Time Magazine Archive
He explains, however, that with all the sickness and poorness of the people around him, 'it is difficult not to give to people in great want.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poorness of the pasture had, in his opinion, occasioned the degradation of their cattle, which degenerated sensibly from one generation to another.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
The ballet of Paquita was some compensation for the poorness of the singing.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
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