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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a poor guide" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that does not provide adequate direction or assistance.
Example: "The manual turned out to be a poor guide for assembling the furniture, leaving us confused and frustrated."
Alternatives: "an inadequate guide" or "a subpar guide".
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History is a poor guide.
Fear is a poor guide to the future.
But headlines are a poor guide to history.
Yet, Valley envy is a poor guide for three reasons.
It was clear that the standard Cold War thinking would provide a poor guide.
Just as Brideshead Revisited is a poor guide to student life, current stereotypes are equally unreliable.
As many have argued, student satisfaction scores are a poor guide to teaching quality.
Nationality is a poor guide to how somebody will turn out as a newspaper owner.
The state of a marriage is a poor guide to the course of a Presidency.
Buttigieg insists that the rearview mirror is a poor guide to future triumphs.
We have never had a president like him, so history is a poor guide.
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