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
According to the paper, citizenship is the "poor relation in the Northern Ireland Curriculum."
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022
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
But, if the Pearly Nautilus is the inferior and poor relation of the argonaut, it lives in a handsome house, and comes of an ancient lineage.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
