poor comprehension
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandcomprehension
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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comprehension
noun
uk/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.ʃən/
the ability to understand completely and be familiar with a situation, ...
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(Definition ofpoorandcomprehensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thus, a paradoxical discrepancy was observed between relatively advanced production and relativelypoorcomprehensionof agreement morphemes.
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They have proposed that those individuals demonstratingpoorcomprehensiontypically allocate a majority of their resources to comprehension processes, leaving fewer resources for storage.
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The implication here is thatpoorcomprehensionof metaphors and poor appreciation of irony are qualitatively distinct impairments of pragmatic comprehension in patients with schizophrenia.
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Repetitive motor stereotypies or poor ocular control (resulting in motion artifacts), low compliance or motivation,poorcomprehensionof task demands, and high anxiety are potential hazards.
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It would be relevant to know whether conditions such as arthritis of the hands, poor eyesight, orpoorcomprehension, all more common in old age, were responsible.
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Although the assessment instruments were standardized, the interviewers were skilled in matching the questions to an interviewee's vocabulary to mitigate effects ofpoorcomprehensionon data quality.
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I find it extremely difficult, with mypoorcomprehension, to follow his words.
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Anosognosia may occur as part of receptive aphasia, a language disorder that causespoorcomprehension of speech and the production of fluent but incomprehensible sentences.
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Progressive cognitive changes associated with brain tumors may include confusion,poorcomprehension, and even dementia.
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There ispoorcomprehensionfor connected speech.
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