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1 debolezza
f weakness* * *debolezza s.f.2 (fig.) weakness, weak point, failing, foible: le debolezze umane, human failings (o weaknesses); la sua fondamentale debolezza è l'amore per il gioco, his chief failing is a passion for gambling; ognuno ha le sue debolezze, everyone has his weaknesses.* * *[debo'lettsa]sostantivo femminile1) (di persona, arti) weakness, feebleness; (di salute) delicacy, debility; (di vista) weakness, poorness2) econ. weakness, sickness3) (di struttura) weakness, frailty4) (di luce) weakness, dimness; (di suono) weakness, faintness5) (di carattere, logica, teoria, trama) weakness6) (difetto) weakness, failing, defect••in un momento di debolezza — in a moment of weakness, in a weak o an unguarded moment
* * *debolezza/debo'lettsa/sostantivo f.1 (di persona, arti) weakness, feebleness; (di salute) delicacy, debility; (di vista) weakness, poorness2 econ. weakness, sickness3 (di struttura) weakness, frailty4 (di luce) weakness, dimness; (di suono) weakness, faintness5 (di carattere, logica, teoria, trama) weakness6 (difetto) weakness, failing, defectin un momento di debolezza in a moment of weakness, in a weak o an unguarded moment. -
2 esiguità
esiguità s.f. meagreness, scarcity, slenderness, slightness; scantiness: l'esiguità di un compenso, the meagreness of a reward; l'esiguità della riserva di acqua, the low level of the reservoir (o the scarcity o small amount of water in the reservoir).* * *[ezigui'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile slenderness, smallness; (di reddito, entrate) exiguity, poorness* * *esiguità/ezigui'ta/f.inv.slenderness, smallness; (di reddito, entrate) exiguity, poorness. -
3 povertà
f poverty* * *povertà s.f.1 poverty; ( indigenza) indigence: la povertà di un paese, the poverty of a country; vivere in povertà, to live in poverty; cadere in povertà, to fall on hard times // povertà evangelica, evangelic poverty // voto di povertà, vow of poverty // (econ.): povertà assoluta, absolute poverty; limite di povertà, poverty line2 ( scarsità) shortage, scarcity, poverty; ( mancanza) lack: povertà di coraggio, lack of courage; povertà di idee, immaginazione, poverty (o lack) of ideas, imagination; povertà di mezzi, lack of means* * *[pover'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile1) (miseria) poverty2) (scarsità) poverty, shortage; (mancanza) lackpovertà di mezzi, di idee — lack of means, of ideas
* * *povertà/pover'ta/f.inv.1 (miseria) poverty; in condizioni di povertà in poor circumstances; vivere in (estrema) povertà to live in (extreme) poverty -
4 magrezza
magrezza s.f.1 (l'essere magro) thinness, leanness: è di una grande magrezza, di una magrezza spaventosa, he is as thin as a rake2 (di terreno) poorness, sterility, aridity; (di acque) low level: era un terreno di grande magrezza, it was a very poor soil3 (fig.) (scarsità, penuria) scarcity, scantiness.* * *[ma'grettsa]sostantivo femminile1) (di persona, parte del corpo) thinness, leanness2) (scarsità, penuria) meagreness BE, meagerness AE* * *magrezza/ma'grettsa/sostantivo f.1 (di persona, parte del corpo) thinness, leanness2 (scarsità, penuria) meagreness BE, meagerness AE. -
5 mediocrità sf
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6 mediocrità
sf [medjokri'ta]
См. также в других словарях:
Poorness — Poor ness, n. The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poorness — index dearth, indigence, mediocrity, poverty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
poorness — poverty, poorness Poverty is the usual noun corresponding to poor in its meanings to do with lack of wealth or lack of things regarded like wealth (e.g. poverty of inspiration). Poorness is not often used and is more usual in meanings to do with… … Modern English usage
poorness — noun (U) formal lack of skill or good qualities (+ of): the poorness of my German accent compare poverty … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
poorness — noun see poor … New Collegiate Dictionary
poorness — See poor. * * * … Universalium
poorness — noun a) The quality of being poor b) poverty … Wiktionary
poorness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. want, need, destitution; see poverty 1 , starvation … English dictionary for students
poorness — poor·ness || pÊŠrnɪs / pÊŠÉ™ n. state of lacking money, indigence … English contemporary dictionary
poorness — n. Poverty … New dictionary of synonyms
poorness — poor·ness … English syllables
