poor+excuse
31poor mouth — Informal. 1. a person who continually complains about a lack of money. 2. a plea or complaint of poverty, often as an excuse for not contributing to charities, paying bills, etc. 3. cry poor mouth. to complain, esp. habitually, about a lack of… …
32poor — adj. Poor is used with these nouns: ↑acceleration, ↑access, ↑accommodation, ↑acting, ↑administration, ↑aim, ↑appetite, ↑attendance, ↑background, ↑balance, ↑bloke, ↑ …
33poor-mouth — Date: 1964 intransitive verb to plead poverty as a defense or excuse transitive verb to speak disparagingly of …
34excuse — v 1. forgive, absolve, shrive, remit; forbear, spare, judge with leniency; pardon, amnesty, reprieve, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate; acquit, clear, prove innocent, uphold innocence, remove guilt; condone, make allowances for, overlook, pass… …
35flimsy excuse — poor explanation, insubstantial defense, inadequate justification …
36(a) pathetic excuse for something — a pathetic/poor/sad/excuse for something informal phrase someone or something that is of very bad quality We have a failing economy and a pathetic excuse for a President. Thesaurus: something that is of very bad quality …
37(a) sad excuse for something — a pathetic/poor/sad/excuse for something informal phrase someone or something that is of very bad quality We have a failing economy and a pathetic excuse for a President. Thesaurus: something that is of very bad quality …
38lame excuse — bad excuse, weak excuse, poor explanation for not doing something …
39an excuse for — informal a poor or inadequate example of. → excuse …
40Anagallis arvensis — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …
