1. Destitution of property; indigence; poverty; want; as the poorness of the exchequer.
3. That poorness can force an untruth to tell.
4. [In this sense, we generally use poverty.]
5. Meanness; lowness; want of dignity; as the poorness of language.
6. Want of spirit; as poorness and degeneracy of spirit.
7. Barrenness; sterility; as the poorness of land or soil.
8. Unproductiveness; want of the metallic substance; as the poorness of ore.
9. Smallness or bad quality; as the poorness of crops or of grain.
10. Want of value or importance; as the poorness of a plea.
11. Want of good qualities, or the proper qualities which constitute a thing good in its kind; as the poorness of a ship or of cloth.
12. Narrowness; barrenness; want of capacity.
13. Poorness of spirit, in a theological sense, true humility or contrition of heart on account of sin.