poor relation

pɔː rɪˈleɪʃən
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Translation of poor relation from English into Dutch

Noun

1.

family

person seen as less important in a group
buitenbeentje ondergeschikte minder belangrijk familielid
  • In the family, he felt like a poor relation.In de familie voelde hij zich als een buitenbeentje.
2.

comparison

thing considered inferior to another similar thing
  • The library is often the poor relation of the education system.De bibliotheek is vaak de stiefkind van het onderwijssysteem.
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Examples of poor relation in a sentence

  • In the club, he was treated as a poor relation.
  • The smartphone is the poor relation of the tablet.
  • In the tech world, desktops are often seen as the poor relation.

Translations of "poor relation" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
stiefkindnn.

Women's sport has stopped being the poor relation of the sports world.

Vrouwensport is gestopt met het stiefkind zijn van de sportwereld.

The library has become the poor relation of our cultural institutions recently.

De bibliotheek is de laatste tijd het stiefkind van onze culturele instellingen geworden.

slechte relatienf.

I already stay outside like the poor relation.

Ik kom al niet binnen, vanwege de slechte relatie.

Pain is no longer the poor relation of medicine, as has often been said?

Pijn is niet langer de slechte relatie van geneeskunde, zoals vaak is gezegd?

stiefkindjenn.

Watercolours have always been the poor relation of oil painting.

Aquarellen zijn altijd het stiefkindje van het schilderen geweest met betrekking tot olieverf.

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poor relation: Examples and translations in context

In our company, the arts department is treated like a poor relation.

In ons bedrijf wordt de kunstafdeling behandeld als een stiefkind.

In that project, maintenance became the poor relation compared with shiny new features.

In dat project werd onderhoud het stiefkind vergeleken met glanzende nieuwe functies.

Customer support used to be the poor relation, but management finally noticed.

Klantenservice was vroeger het stiefkind, maar het management merkte het eindelijk op.

In that family, adopted children are sadly the poor relation at gatherings.

In dat gezin zijn adoptiekinderen helaas het stiefkind op bijeenkomsten.

Mental health care remains the poor relation of our national health system funding.

Geestelijke gezondheidszorg blijft het stiefkind van de financiering in ons zorgstelsel.

Public transport has long been the poor relation of government investment priorities.

Het openbaar vervoer is al lang het stiefkind van de overheidsinvesteringen.

History is often the poor relation in primary school curricula and budgets.

Geschiedenis is vaak het stiefkind in lesprogramma's en schoolbudgetten.

In city planning, green spaces shouldn't be the poor relation anymore.

In stadsplanning zouden groengebieden niet langer het stiefkind mogen zijn.

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