The phrase "a poor illustration" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing something that does not effectively represent or explain a concept or idea.
Example: "The diagram provided was a poor illustration of the complex process we were trying to explain."
Alternatives: "an inadequate example" or "a weak representation".
That is a fair summary of the story's first part, but a poor illustration of the oddness of the rest.Fowles, who called the book "the greatest novel of adolescence in European literature", suggested that its detractors dislike being reminded of "qualities and emotions they have tried to eradicate from their own lives".
In May 1902, Barrymore was fired from his newspaper position after producing a poor illustration for the paper while hung over.
If Everything Were Lacquered In Case I Learn to Knit Stocking Stuffers Husbands Won't Call "Landfill" Ultimately, a Potting Room with a Copper Sink Would SAVE Money Eighty Thousand Subtly Different Votive Holders I Love Boutonnières Turning My Lawn Into Moss Service Vacations That Aren't Too Horrifying My Life Is Ugly and Poor Illustration by Kris Mukai.
It has poor illustrations (largely taken from film stills) and a text that regurgitates versions of Everest history from better, secondary sources.
Only very poor illustrations of Monument 2 are available (and no photo at all of one of the sides).
In his essay "Literary Pleasure," reprinted in ON WRITING (Penguin Classics, $15), one of three new Borges anthologies appearing this month under the general editorship of Suzanne Jill Levine, he says of his youthful reading -- "the greatest literary joys I have experienced" -- that he "believed everything, even errata and poor illustrations".
We can't afford to appear in second-rate catalogs with poor illustrations that make the product look less than it is.
Eisläuferin, "skater", holds a special place at No 2, but until now the only version available has been a poor-quality mono illustration on Richter's website.
A poor, poor performance.
A: Illustration or painting.
Next, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina also provided a stark illustration that poor, minority, and marginalized communities need human rights protections and that domestic law falls well short of even articulating, much less remedying, a wide range of fundamental rights violations.
