Model
Model adjective - Constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated.
Usage example: why can't you be like your sister, who is such a well-behaved model child?
Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Both words in one sentence
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Stories range far and wide on why, from tight deadlines, farmed-out animation, to poor communication and lousy (or non-existent) model sheets.
Source: Off Model / Western Animation - The third generation GM minivans got such a poor reception at home that, after just four model years, the company dropped out of the minivan market completely to concentrate on crossovers.
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Bugs Bunny wakes up one morning to find out that Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, and Daffy Duck have been replaced with pale stereotypes of their actual selves, all severely off model and badly drawn to boot, complete with poor lip synching - the knock-off Daffy even has a moment of Synchro-Vox.
Source: Off Model / Western Animation
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