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Discover LudwigThe phrase "poor present" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a gift or situation that is lacking in quality or thoughtfulness.
Example: "I was disappointed with the poor present I received for my birthday; it felt like no effort was put into it."
Alternatives: "subpar gift" or "unsatisfactory present."
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Then Gardner, with his smart head for figures, manages to get an unpaid internship at a top brokerage firm: fate has given him a kind of bridging loan between a grindingly poor present and a possible comfortable future.
Such cells must be deemed as having high biodiversity value despite the poor present prognosis for their biodiversity content.
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Similar to the EVS study [14], predisposing factors for poor visual outcome in our study were poor presenting visual acuity and type of organism on culture.
The regressive notion that 1percentt of income is worth the same for the poorer present than for the richer future is the kind of thinking that underpins the misguided argument for a flat tax.
And although one new member country, Slovenia, is actually richer than the poorest present member, Greece, the poorest new country, Latvia, has a GDP per head of only 36% of the EU15 average.
Depression and hopelessness were associated with a poorer present QoL.
Finding out whether a policy is pro-poor presents many challenges, and understanding how it is meeting those goals is even more challenging.
The worst-performing locations are in Africa or Asia, where civil instability and poor infrastructure present significant challenges.
Poor appetite, present in 10% to 30% of hemodialysis patients, further narrows the range of foods consumed.
This is due in part to their smaller stature, created by the poor habitat present on Assateague Island.
Although there are no poor people present, working- and lower-middle-class stiffs reside on the bottom levels while higher-income professional types, such as our hero Dr. Robert Laing Tom Hiddlestonn), live on the middle floors below the haute bourgeoisie at the top.
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