The phrase "a poor contribution to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered inadequate or lacking in quality in relation to a specific context or subject.
Example: "The report was deemed a poor contribution to the ongoing discussion about climate change."
Alternatives: "an inadequate addition to" or "a subpar input to".
None of the four tested SCPs is thus "optimal" over the whole period range, and all proxies show a poor contribution at high frequencies (>10 Hz).
One reason he did not was his poor contribution to the pool stages, out without scoring in the first two matches.
In the wake of the GDP numbers, underlining manufacturing's poor contribution to the nation's wealth, it is now one of the few businesses propping up George Osborne's economic policy.
The Botrytis cinerea xylanase Xyn11A has been previously shown to be required for full virulence of this organism despite its poor contribution to the secreted xylanase activity and the low xylan content of B. cinerea hosts.
On the contrary, for concrete with poor workability, an inadequate orientation of fibres occurred, leading to a poor contribution of the fibres to the flexural behaviour of the tested specimens, despite the relatively higher compression strength of the tested concrete material.
Interestingly, contrary to ethanol, acetone breath concentrations were not exhalation flow rate dependent indicating a poor contribution of the central airways to the total acetone concentrations in the breath.
The less potent but still thoroughly unpleasant remainder will be destroyed in Finland and America over the coming months.The development of chemical weapons was perhaps science's poorest contribution to humanity.
In the letter, Schiff asked the writer's relatively poor father for a contribution to an invalid hospital and as an afterthought wished his wife and baby well.
"Donor countries continue to mislead their own citizens and those of developing countries, by passing off what is essentially state aid to donor country firms, as a genuine contribution to poor countries' effective development," says the report, which builds on six key case studies from Namibia, Ghana, Uganda, Bangladesh, Nicaragua and Bolivia.
