poor quality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandquality
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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quality
noun
uk/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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(Definition ofpoorandqualityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpoor quality
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Although the association operated four gins in the colony by 1910, yields were often low and ofpoorquality.
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Unfortunately, two of the three maps are difficult to read owing to thepoorqualityof reproduction.
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Susceptibility to rheumatic fever have been ascertained because of thepoorqualityof records in earlier years.
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They believed that nursing homes are very variable in quality and had serious concerns aboutpoorqualitycare in some instances.
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More often, they were not paid at all, just givenpoorqualityrations and cast-off clothes.
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The weaker correlation between colony size and home-range quality resulted from one to three outliers of larger colonies with large home ranges ofpoorquality.
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These written descriptions of the life cycles tend to be very brief, and the few illustrations that are included are of verypoorquality.
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Similarly, exact values may be mistaken for placeholders, resulting in apoorqualityproduct or rework.
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A practical difficulty in the later eighteenth century was the relativelypoorqualityof some early enclosure surveys and award maps.
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As pointed out earlier, some commodities were excluded from our price indexes because of the unavailability orpoorqualityof data.
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The one major failing of the volume is the generallypoorqualityof the illustrations both with regard to quality and coverage.
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Here a minor cavil must be registered at thepoorqualityof these illustrations, which are difficult (and in one case impossible) to read.
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However, lifestyle changes and ongoing management were less well maintained due to thepoorqualityof information they had received.
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The book is rather let down bypoorqualityof the colour plates, and incorrect numbering of text references to them.
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In part this practice is related to thepoorqualityof drinking water.
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This refers to repeat sampling required due topoorqualitysamples (etc.) and is not due to additional sampling related to false-positives and confirmation protocols.
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They are adjusted for quality, since a long life withpoorqualitydeserves consideration just as much as a shorter life with higher quality.
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The photographs and some diagrams are of relativelypoorquality.
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In manic patients, the ' conservative ' tendency to bet less than controls on favourable outcomes appears superficially at odds with theirpoorqualityor ' risky ' decisions.
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