poor relation

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Bayswater was long considered the poor relation of its ultradesirable London neighbors Notting Hill and Marylebone, but new development is driving up home prices in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Though it can seem the poor relation of “real” television, the game show has a long history with the medium.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Geraldine Hanna told the NI Affairs Committee justice was a poor relation in funding terms.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2023

Diagnostics has been the poor relation to drugs and vaccines for years, as governments are now realising to their cost.

From The Guardian • May 1, 2020

I need no blessings, but—but—' She stamped her foot at the poor relation: 'Take up the trays to the house.

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard