poor substitute
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandsubstitute
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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substitute
noun[C]
uk/ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈsʌb.stə.tuːt/
a thing or person that is used instead of another thing ...
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(Definition ofpoorandsubstitutefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But the carnet was apoorsubstitutefor the closed shop.
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Although the use of these systems has changed the lives of many non-speaking people, they still provide a verypoorsubstituteto natural spoken conversation.
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His strategy for correcting these lacunae, the telling of the ' significant anecdote ' (p. xix), is apoorsubstitutefor archival research.
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Critiquing the diary on the basis of supposed authorial motive is apoorsubstitutefor contextual analysis.
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The agreements signed with some applicant states are apoorsubstitutefor genuine free trade.
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They are a verypoorsubstitute, particularly in the rural areas.
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I prefer to say that dollars are apoorsubstitutefor good agriculture.
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Voluntary standards of quality are, in any case, apoorsubstitute.
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Of course, buses have been supplied as an alternative, but buses are apoorsubstitutefor trains.
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That is a verypoorsubstitutefor a freehold.
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Legal remedies are often only apoorsubstitutefor the enjoyment of a satisfying job without harrassment.
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This measure is apoorsubstitutefor improved legal aid.
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Crime prevention programmes by themselves are apoorsubstitutefor a real policy on law and order.
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Doctors may well think that another £1,500 a year is apoorsubstitutefor giving up private practice.
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Moreover, they are apoorsubstitutefor gates.
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I believe that this is apoorsubstitutefor the limitation on profits which we all expected.
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These may be welcome in some respects, but they are at best only palliatives and apoorsubstitutefor real job creation.
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It is felt only over a long period of years, and that is apoorsubstitutefor financial assistance in planning.
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I am sure that is all to the good, but it is apoorsubstitutefor proper machinery.
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From the point of view of the audience, it is a verypoorsubstitute.
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