poor choice

collocation in English

meaningsofpoorandchoice

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poor
adjective
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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choice
noun
uk
/tʃɔɪs/us
/tʃɔɪs/
an act or the possibility ...
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(Definition ofpoorandchoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoor choice

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Apoorchoiceof the partition plane can result in many such splits, and a marked increase in the number of polygons.
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Apoorchoiceof initial prototype may therefore lead to a suboptimal final design.
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In our experience, however, this is a ratherpoorchoice.
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It is therefore apoorchoiceas sole energy substrate for mouse oocyte maturation.
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My purpose is to show that, given an interest in certain critical questions about democracy, equilibrium models are apoorchoiceof approach.
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Apoorchoicefor any one of these elements might be enough to condemn the resulting design system to poor per formance.
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By maintaining the dual system we give parents some choice—call it apoorchoice, if you will, but some choice.
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The climate change levy was apoorchoice.
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This choice of priorities is very important, because apoorchoiceof priorities could lead to actions that might be unfavourable.
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I am advocating the best of a verypoorchoiceof options.
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I would have thought this is a verypoorchoice.
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Often there is apoorchoiceof house in the place to which they want to go.
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Suchpoorchoiceof language has the propensity to mislead members of the public, and as parliamentarians we must be extremely careful about that.
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I believe it has been put over in rather an unfortunate manner, and it was put over by a person who was a verypoorchoice.
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The period of high inflation which eroded the value of fixed benefits has in retrospect shown that deferred annuities were a relativelypoorchoiceto have made.
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The rectangular window has excellent resolution characteristics for sinusoids of comparable strength, but it is apoorchoicefor sinusoids of disparate amplitudes.
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Another limiting factor is apoorchoiceof baseline, as it may prevent meaningful conclusions from being drawn.
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These have much lower melting points than nylon, making them a potentiallypoorchoicewhere high rope friction may occur.
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Camouflagingadding a new pigment which counteracts the tattoo color and attempts to emulate normal skin color is considered apoorchoiceby professionals.
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Anypoorchoicewould have ruined the film.
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