Usually means: Relative with significantly less wealth.
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  1. poor relation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. poor relation: Merriam-Webster
  3. poor relation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. poor relation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. poor relation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. poor relation: Wiktionary
  7. poor relation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poor relation: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  Something neglected or seen as inferior.

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disparage, bad name, inferiorization, disgrace, undermatch, crud, excuse, misrelation, underpraise, misappreciation, more...

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disparage, bad name, inferiorization, disgrace, undermatch, crud, excuse, misrelation, underpraise, misappreciation, more...



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