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
“Poverty, inelegance, and poorness of diction,” will be no longer so “generally observed,” and even hearers of taste will cease to be offended.
From Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching by Henry Ware
Her thoughts were merciful, but she laught at ye, Pitying the poorness of your complement, And so she left ye.
From The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) by Francis Beaumont
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