poor excuse
Example Sentences
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He may be a poor excuse for a human being, but that doesn’t get in the way of his pocketbook.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
"A poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every twenty-fifth of December!" he says.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021
Choosing to abandon data collection because it might undercount is a poor excuse and probably has always been true of point-in-time counts.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
Prince Charles is a depressingly poor excuse for a future king.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
A large plot stretched behind it with a cistern, a privy, a poor excuse for a garden, and at the far end, a carriage house and small stable.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
