Elegant
Elegant adjective - Having or showing elegance.
Poor
Poor adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: the poor workmanship of the goods from that country
Both words in one sentence
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Alice's mother is introduced as an elegant and beautiful woman... who is a Scandinavian woman who rarely visits Japan and has rather poor Japanese as a result.
Source: Manga / Shokugeki no Soma - Charlotte Brontë stated that she deliberately created Jane Eyre to be "as poor and plain as myself," in contrast to the beautiful and elegant romance heroines of her time.
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Hyacinth has a strong tendency to call a spade something entirely more elegant: some memorable examples include "waterside supper with riparian entertainment" (which everyone else calls a "riverside pique-nique"), and "distributing gifts to the poor".
Source: Series / Keeping Up Appearances
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