Sentences with phrase «poor replacement»

However, the lack of buttons on modern smartphones makes them a pretty poor replacement for a dedicated handheld, especially when it comes to faster - paced action games.

Blogs and social networks are poor replacements for an offline mentor, but I don't think many lawyers think they are.

Chelsea and United have midfield issues of their own, with the Blues losing Nemanja Matic last summer and blowing money on poor replacements like Tiemoue Bakayoko and Danny Drinkwater.

We can't help but wonder what the likes of Christoph Waltz and Cate Blanchett might have achieved with Hillcoat — although Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet and Chiwetel Ejiofor are hardly poor replacements.

Just last month, two Chinese restaurants «fired» their robot waiters after the machines proved to be poor replacements for human workers.

Almunia will never be a No. 1 keeper for me, he was a poor replacement for our german nut case.

Montella has his flaws, but Milan could hire a poor replacement.

Adults were meant to guide a child or teen to maturity, peers are a poor replacement.

This protein, called laminin - α4, however, is only a poor replacement because it is not well integrated into the cell scaffolding.

«Those technologies are interesting and worthy of pursuit, but my guess is that they are a poor replacement for examining why it is that terrorism exists in the first place,» Arkin says.

«We know that people with Alzheimer's lose brain volume, which may be a poor replacement of nerve cells.

It's a «poor replacement» for real food.

While catching up via Facebook or texts can be fun, it is a poor replacement for some one - on - one time.

The text - adventure bits are mostly harmless, but they make a poor replacement for the grand campaign of the original game

The latter is a poor replacement for the CD music sampler that can be found in Warners» U.S. version of the tin.

It is a poor replacement for character development or any form of interesting plot.

It's pretty easy to bag on My Nintendo for being a poor replacement for the old Club Nintendo loyalty program, but t...

Critics of increased use of technology in classrooms say it doesn't necessarily lead to more positive student outcomes and is a poor replacement for a teacher.

The size and slow navigation of the device make it a poor replacement for a dedicated MP3 player though — even budget phones are more capable in this area.

That is a poor replacement for the deep weapon customization of past games and instead weapon modifications come pre-installed with different variants of weapons.

Given that the Nintendo 3DS is a handheld and is used while on the go, the inclusion of StreetPass sharing is beneficial — though serves as a poor replacement to proper online sharing.

With e3 here I figured you'd at least give us a vita game this is a poor replacement for a promised brand new vita game.

Characters lost their uniqueness, the circles were a poor replacement for power shots and defensive skills, and the games launched with less and less content.

Adults were meant to guide a child or teen to maturity, peers are a poor replacement.