poorly dressed
Example Sentences
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In fact, when he was fatally hit by a streetcar in 1926, he was so poorly dressed he was taken to a hospital for the poor and homeless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2015
"I feel so poorly dressed," joked Clinton, sporting conventional evening wear, in opening remarks.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2014
The man was found by a passerby in a snowdrift east of Oslo in December, semi-conscious and poorly dressed for the winter.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2014
There are frequent objections to the show’s stereotypical characters: socially awkward, poorly dressed, pining for unobtainable women, and so forth.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2013
The poorly dressed one shrugged his shoulders pleasantly.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
