poor prospect
Example Sentences
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The neighbor sounds like a poor prospect, so Miss Manners suggests directing the instruction to your son.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2020
And if war was a poor prospect, peace talks weren’t a great option either.
From Time • Jan. 11, 2013
But over-indebted Britain is a poor prospect in this regard.
From Economist • Jan. 27, 2011
To many, the world of 1950 looked like a poor prospect for free international business.
From Time Magazine Archive
In like manner, although the zoologist seemed to have but a poor prospect at St. Paul, it presented materials for most satisfactory speculation to the attentive naturalist.
