poor relative

Examples (10)

• He believes that interior design is the poor relative of architecture.
• Compared to software development, hardware engineering is often seen as the poor relative.
• For many years, poetry was considered the poor relative of prose in academic circles.
• The city's public transport system feels like a poor relative compared to its modern highway network.
• Often, supporting roles are treated as the poor relative of lead performances in theatre.
• Mobile gaming used to be the poor relative of console gaming, but that's changing rapidly.
• In the culinary world, baking can sometimes be seen as the poor relative to haute cuisine.
• Small independent films often struggle, viewed as the poor relative to big-budget blockbusters.
• During economic downturns, arts funding often becomes the poor relative of essential services.
• She felt her efforts were always treated as a poor relative to her colleague's more celebrated achievements.