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noun

a person or thing considered inferior to another or othersplastic is a poor relation of real leather

Words related to poor relation

deputy, servant, aide, assistant, underling, gofer, slave, helper, dependent, junior, serf, second, peon, flunky, attendant, scrub, subaltern, inferior

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Idioms and Phrases with poor relation

poor relation

An inferior member of a group, as in Many regard Turkey as the poor relation in the European alliance. This expression, first recorded in 1720 for a family member in humble circumstances, began to be used figuratively in the mid-1900s.

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