poorness

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

The productions of his press, though printed with the same beautiful type as his father’s books, are, owing to the poorness of the paper and ink, inferior to them in general beauty.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Not to be shamed among other girls by the poorness of her apparel was a pride to her.

From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony