poor prospect
Example Sentences
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The neighbor sounds like a poor prospect, so Miss Manners suggests directing the instruction to your son.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2020
And if war was a poor prospect, peace talks weren’t a great option either.
From Time ● Jan. 11, 2013
But over-indebted Britain is a poor prospect in this regard.
From Economist ● Jan. 27, 2011
To Salvadora's father, Dr. Luis Henri Debayle, Nicaragua's top surgeon, the grandnephew of a celebrated bandit seemed a poor prospect for a son-in-law.
From Time Magazine Archive
My destitution, and the poor prospect before me, make me, as you suppose, indifferent to what I embark in, provided that it be not dishonorable.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever
