poor

poor
[po:ʳ, Am pʊr] adj
1) (lacking money) arm;
\poor man's caviar der Kaviar des armen Mannes;
a \poor area/family/country eine arme Region/Familie/ein armes Land
2) (inadequate) unzureichend, mangelhaft;
their French is still quite \poor ihr Französisch ist noch ziemlich bescheiden;
margarine is a \poor substitute for butter Margarine ist ein minderer Ersatz für Butter;
to be \poor at sth schlecht in etw dat sein;
to give a \poor account of oneself sich akk von seiner schlechtesten Seite zeigen;
\poor attendance geringer Besucherandrang;
a \poor excuse eine faule Ausrede;
he must be a \poor excuse for a carpenter if ... er muss ein ziemlich mieser Tischler sein, wenn ...;
\poor eyesight/hearing schlechtes Seh-/Hörvermögen;
to cut a \poor figure [as sth] (dated) eine schlechte Figur [als etw] machen;
\poor harvest schlechte Ernte;
to be in \poor health in schlechtem gesundheitlichen Zustand sein;
to make a \poor job of [doing] sth bei etw dat schlechte Arbeit leisten;
to be a \poor loser ein schlechter Verlierer/eine schlechte Verliererin sein;
\poor memory schlechtes Gedächtnis;
to be a \poor sailor seeuntauglich sein;
to come a \poor second [in sth] [bei etw dat] weit abgeschlagen an zweiter Stelle landen;
\poor showing armselige Vorstellung;
\poor soil karger Boden;
\poor visibility schlechte Sicht
3) attr (deserving of pity) arm;
you \poor thing! du armes Ding!
4) pred (lacking)
to be \poor in sth arm an etw dat sein;
Iceland is \poor in natural resources Island hat kaum Bodenschätze
5) attr
(hum dated: humble) bescheiden;
in my \poor opinion meiner unmaßgeblichen Meinung nach
PHRASES:
[as] \poor as a church mouse (dated) [so] arm wie eine Kirchenmaus;
to take a \poor view of sth etw missbilligen [o nicht gerne sehen] n
the \poor pl die Armen pl

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