poor relation

Example Sentences

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Bayswater was long considered the poor relation of its ultradesirable London neighbors Notting Hill and Marylebone, but new development is driving up home prices in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Geraldine Hanna told the NI Affairs Committee justice was a poor relation in funding terms.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2023

His poor relation had always been an anomaly in the ranks of SPI employees, old among the young, emaciated among the luscious, a lonely figure, permanently out of step, everyone’s crazy grandpa.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

It said: “The evidence clearly suggests that the UK saw itself as the poor relation to the US, and was distinctly uncomfortable at the prospect of complaining to its host.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2018

I am but a poor relation, whom few persons would regard with other feelings than those of indifference.

From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Moodie, Susanna