Meaning of poor power | Babel Free

Definitions

Limited ability.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.”

“Gibbie held her fast, and with all the ways in his poor power sought to comfort her.”

“Heavy as was her burden, not one feather's weight of it should he carry, if by any means in her poor power she could hold it from his back.”

“"The spirit of the Stern Fund will continue," he said. "It is beyond the poor power of lawyers to dissolve it."”

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