Noun, : This agency is the stepchild when appropriations are handed out. From Dictionary.com.
A: Unless a stepchild is a beneficiary named in a will, he or she does not inherit any of a stepparent's property. From Wordnik.com. [Victoria Advocate stories: Latest News] Reference
If the stepson/stepdaughter of the household has been legally adopted by the householder, the child is still classified as a stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [The Population of the United States] Reference
If the stepson/stepdaughter of the householder has been legally adopted by the householder, the child is still classified as a stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [The Population of the United States] Reference
Correctional Services were being treated like a "stepchild" by the government. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I too am a "stepchild" and learned from my aunt that I was not part of her family in a similar way. From Wordnik.com. [The Stepchild] Reference
TV has historically been a Times Company stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [Times Pitches for Red Sox] Reference
So I'm the red-headed stepchild in these situations. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
"It was the wart on the stepchild," says Mr. Janowski. From Wordnik.com. [Off the Catwalk, Burberry Gets a Makeover] Reference
He is very proud of his ten children and one stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives] Reference
We've been tagged as a stepchild-an institutional/iser. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
The invention is sort of the poor stepchild to all of technology. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009] Reference
We still feel like we're kind of a stepchild in first response. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2006] Reference
Smith was sort of looked upon by the native parents as a stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Bennie Higgins, December 28, 1990. Interview M-0003. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
TPM EC is fast becoming the red-headed stepchild of the TPM family. From Wordnik.com. [Polls: Hillary Outperforms Obama Against McCain In Three Key Swing States] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We feel like we're a stepchild in first response. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2006] Reference
So the Winter Olympics have always been a little bit of a stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference
WARE: Well, Afghanistan in terms of the war is the redheaded stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2008] Reference
They've always been sort of the poor stepchild of the creative process. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2007] Reference
I think that -- I think I was definitely a stepchild, but we were close. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2004] Reference
Instead he is cast aside like an ugly stepchild and rarely talked about. From Wordnik.com. [Rasmussen: Obama Still Ahead In South Carolina] Reference
The angry words flung after her were: "The other one ain't no stepchild.". From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
Talking on their cellular's and ignoring him like a redheaded stepchild??. From Wordnik.com. [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference
Florida has been treated like a red-headed stepchild, and continue to be. From Wordnik.com. [Top Hillary Donor Directly Pressures Dean: "Exercise Some Leadership" On Florida And Michigan] Reference
He's just got to feel like the stepchild in a lot of ways to get that spot. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2010] Reference
But the illness is really -- it really is the red - headed stepchild of cancers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2006] Reference
Alternately, want to see me get rhetorically beaten like a red-headed stepchild?. From Wordnik.com. [sirilyan Diary Entry] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We still feel like we're kind of a stepchild in first response. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2006] Reference
The online image industry has been the redheaded stepchild ever since video got hot. From Wordnik.com. [How Much Is Photobucket Worth?] Reference
Bastardized Shane MacGowan, but isn't that just a red-headed stepchild of Christy Brown?. From Wordnik.com. [joegood Diary Entry] Reference
Terry's stepchild, whom he gained by his second marriage, had suffocated in a plastic bag. From Wordnik.com. [The Plot] Reference
And this matter of being a stepchild — all of the other five children were close to her. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with William and Josephine Clement, June 19, 1986. Interview C-0031. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
If eBay indeed wants to take Skype public, why the negative talk on its unwanted stepchild?. From Wordnik.com. [Ebay In Litigation With Skype Founders Over Key Technology] Reference
The school is the red-headed stepchild of Leuven University in the Dutch half of Belgium, Flanders. From Wordnik.com. [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference
We should treat him as the elder statesman he is and deserves to be, not as some sort of stepchild. From Wordnik.com. [Top Kerry Supporter: Botched Joke Helped Trigger Decision Not To Run] Reference
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