"a low expectation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone has little hope for a certain outcome or result. One example could be: "After multiple disappointments, she had a low expectation for her date to go well." In this sentence, "a low expectation" indicates that the person does not anticipate a positive outcome for their date.
Oakes's insight in forming the B.D.I. was to aim messages at social groups — rather than at individuals — and to place a low expectation on persuading people to change their minds.
It is also difficult to know whether that "contrary" denotes a character trait – unconventional, humorously rueful, outsiderish – or a more familiarly gendered diffidence born of a low expectation of recognition and reward.
For a company that grew NOPAT by 14% compounded annually between 2002-2017, such a low expectation seems overly pessimistic.
There is a low expectation of either Conservative, Labour or anyone else winning a majority on 7 May.
Investors' expectations are manifested with a low expectation of inflation, thereby influencing the Federal Reserve to embrace a more cautionary mode to tighten U.S. monetary policy.
There may also be occasions when someone in a location not usually open to the public is engaged in an activity where they have a low expectation of privacy, for example a sales pitch or giving public information.
The common argument is that the subject is easier than science, so offering it reflects a "low expectations" culture.
Responses to the preintervention questions about expectations were highly skewed, so we combined the three lowest groups ("no expectations", "low expectations", and "moderate expectations") into a "low expectations" group.
"I think basically it began as a low-expectation situation -- at least with respect to whether we were going to end up together -- and actually was therefore more conducive to getting to know each other".
They are last in their division and third-worst in baseball, with the same record as the Chicago Cubs, who have openly embarked on a low-expectations rebuilding season under former Sox general manager Theo Epstein.
For all the ways they tout the movie's success, many of the assessments are the product of a low-expectation bias.
