something that is not treated with as much respect as other similar things because it is not thought to be as good, important or successful:
The short story is often considered to be a sort of poor relation to the novel.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is poor relation a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, poor relation is tagged as noun.
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