The phrase "a lower expectation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing standards, hopes, or anticipations that are not as high as they could be.
Example: "Due to the recent changes in the market, we have set a lower expectation for our sales this quarter."
Alternatives: "a diminished expectation" or "a reduced expectation."
That's not a lower expectation; it's a totally different kind of expectation.
People in cars already have a lower "expectation of privacy," Mr. Chinn replied, and a checkpoint for pedestrians would be regarded as so much more intrusive as to make it a different case.
Among various interesting findings, the team discovered that when participants had a lower expectation that they would win, their response to winning equal rewards was elevated.
These concerns may lead the dental surgeon to favor non-surgical restorations, prophylactic antibiotics, and a lower expectation of success if implants are to be placed.
That's a pretty handsome result for an investment in a media business, which are often efforts to spark an ecosystem or at least include a lower expectation on a return.
"In my opinion, a more likely explanation for what was seen here is that people who grew up in these environments with more conflict have a lower expectation of other people," Hong says.
For the most part, Mr. Kerry's reception these days has been warm, and he is clearly benefiting from a lowered expectation created by the portrayal of him out of Washington as cool and aloof.
Overall, there is a lowered expectation for meaningful relationship, family life and career.
They wanted their children to be high achievers, but had a much lower expectation than middle-class families that they would be able to "achieve their goals".
One predecessor, Augustus Corning, reigned for 41 years "in an era of lower expectation".
The two fronts will create a Perfect Storm of lower expectation in America.
