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
Integrated education - schooling Catholic and Protestant children together - has long been the poor relation of Northern Ireland’s education system.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024
Though it can seem the poor relation of “real” television, the game show has a long history with the medium.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 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
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
