POORNESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

poorness

noun

Definition of poorness

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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But even as India opened its doors to foreign investment in the 1990s, igniting a middle-class boom, the country carried the stigma of poverty.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
But high turnover limited the program's reach, and no teaching corps—however committed—could erase the effects of poverty, housing instability, or unequal access to opportunity.

— Sonia Murrow, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

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Despite the tremendous fear of living in a world where Black people are dealing with impoverishment, some of the characters develop an inexorable will to fight anti-Black oppression.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
From impoverishment to global superpower, China’s supremacy happened at a breakneck speed thanks to the visionary strategy of the man who took power in 1978.

— Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 23 July 2026

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