GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

minderbemittelt

of limited means; poor

Die Stiftung sprach von minderbemittelten Familien, während die Betroffenen selbst eine Sprache bevorzugten, die ihre Lebenslage beschrieb, ohne sie darauf zu reduzieren.

The foundation referred to families of limited means, whereas those concerned preferred language that described their circumstances without reducing them to those circumstances.

dim-witted; unintelligent (insulting)

Ihn wegen einer ungeschickten Frage als minderbemittelt zu bezeichnen, verriet für mich mehr über die Arroganz des Redners als über den Fragenden.

To me, calling him dim-witted because of an awkward question revealed more about the speaker's arrogance than about the person asking.

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