| Crying poorness of country in being unable to handle the Haitian problem is not a solution. |
| Remembered as a benchmark of poorness, a level they must not let themselves sink to again. |
| He guttered the ball, and felt a small smile come to his face at the poorness of the shot. |
| This was a game that nearly everyone agreed was good but almost legendary in the poorness of its components. |
| If only this Haunted Mansion suffered from the same kind of vague, ghostly poorness, it might fly. |
| She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains. |
