Weakened by the virus, the plants turned out to be a poor investment.

And it's not hard to see why: poor investment performance.

It seemed a poor investment in time and resources.

In four years' time, of course, history showed what a poor investment this was.

The arena turned out to be poor investment however, as there was virtually no demand after the first few months.

Others suggested the schemes were a poor investment likely to achieve only six percent return.

Besides, the art you buy at a gallery is typically a poor investment.

But I considered that the time and effort necessary to dig them out would have been a poor investment.

If he was like his father, maybe he had also made a few poor investments.

After one start, it looks like a poor investment for a cost-conscious team.