The phrase "a weak picture" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an image or representation that lacks clarity, detail, or impact.
Example: "The presentation included a weak picture that failed to convey the intended message effectively."
Alternatives: "an unclear image" or "a poor representation".
Employment grew by less than 100,000 last month, the Labor Department reported yesterday, well below the level needed to keep pace with the expansion in the labor force and presenting a weak picture of the economy in the last employment report before President Bush faces the voters in his bid for re-election.
Using a supercomputer, Saadeh, Pontzen, and colleagues look for evidence of any such patterns lurking faintly behind random variations in the CMB's temperature a process not unlike trying to pick out a weak picture through extreme static on an old-fashioned TV screen.
However, the GDP data on Thursday is expected to show a weaker picture for the industrial and construction sectors.
But Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at the market analysis firm, said strong drinks sales masked a weaker picture overall.
The rebound from a weaker picture in the first three months of the year defied the predictions of City analysts, who expected a further deterioration in total pay to 1.7%.
Todd McCarthy of Variety magazine called the film "flat-out hilarious" and Neil Smith of BBC proclaimed that "there's not a weak scene in this super-funny picture" while awarding it a rating of five stars out of five.
"It's a very weak picture".
He described it as "overall, an unambiguously weak picture which only looks likely to get worse as the debt crisis continues," and predicted that euro zone gross domestic product would decline by 1 percent this year, with 2013 "likely to be much worse".
Today's UK PMI releases paint a weak global picture for April.
Now, along with outside factors like oil prices, Mr. Bush's priorities are actually contributing to the weak picture for jobs.
The weak picture ought to mean that there will be no increase in US interest rates until 2012 at the earliest, according to Ian Morris, HSBC's head of US economics.
