poor performance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandperformance
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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performance
noun
uk/pəˈfɔː.məns/us/pɚˈfɔːr.məns/
how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or ...
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(Definition ofpoorandperformancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Low performers will avoid publicity just to keep theirpoorperformanceas hidden as possible, blocking possible sources of disesteem.
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The result for some children may bepoorperformanceat school or disturbed and delinquent behaviour.
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In such cases, the use of the standard gradient descent method will result inpoorperformance.
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On the other hand, leaders also mentioned the low quality of public management and corruption as the main explanatory factors for the state'spoorperformance.
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Although it correctly predictspoorperformanceon object relatives, it wrongly predicts consistent role reversal, namely, a below-chance performance in binary sentence-picture matching.
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Finally, if such land was selected precisely because of itspoorperformanceunder cane, its best alternative use was most probably extensive livestock grazing.
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These communication blocks can often occur when information aboutpoorperformanceis unwelcome or unheard.
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Importantly, a strong association was found between depressed mood andpoorperformanceon cognitive function tests.
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What factors may contribute to the learners'poorperformanceon adverb placement structures?
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Low access to pipe water in urban areas is also partly due to thepoorperformanceof water companies run by local governments.
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As is the case for most events in practical situations, the reasons forpoorperformanceare multiple, diverse, and difficult to enumerate exhaustively.
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Thispoorperformancecan be attributed to a task-related bias to respond affirmatively.
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The use of standard gradient method will result inpoorperformanceand oscillating steps.
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There, more recentpoorperformancewas somewhat counterbalanced by traditionally better performance, and by historical association with liberation from foreign influence and landowner domination.
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Although there was a constituency for reform and evidence ofpoorperformance, existing stakeholders proved too formidable.
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Thus, their relativelypoorperformancemay be a result of their phonological difficulties more than morphological difficulties.
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Thispoorperformancemay be related to intrinsic limitations of our design.
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Thepoorperformanceof modern cultivars under the prevalent growing conditions is attributable to increased cultivar sensitivity to high temperatures at seed filling.
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The 5-point scales for each ranged from 5 consistently high performance, 3 moderate symbolic skills, to 1 verypoorperformance.
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Alternatively, however, thepoorperformancecould just be an outcome of the task demands of the experiment.
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