Spooner's organised poverty (8)

I believe the answer is:

poorness

'poverty' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'spooner's organised' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'spooners' anagrammed gives 'POORNESS'.

(Another definition for poorness that I've seen is " poverty".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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