The phrase "a poor exchange" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where the value or benefit received is significantly less than what was given or expected in a transaction or interaction.
Example: "After reviewing the terms of the deal, I realized it was a poor exchange for the amount of effort I had put in."
Alternatives: "an unfavorable trade" or "a bad deal".
Most high street banks add fees to transactions made overseas and give a poor exchange rate.
Indeed, there are mutterings that Sam Allardyce has received a poor exchange for £15m.
And breadth is a poor exchange for depth, just as familiarity is merely a shadow of comprehension.
We might never have had The Smoking Diaries and its successors, and that to me would be a poor exchange.
One may think this a poor exchange for the pathos, intensity, grace, wisdom and humanity of "Taniko," which, in a highly stylized form, presents the situation starkly.
James Daley of Fairer Finance says: "Almost all major banks charge a fortune for transferring money overseas, and offer a poor exchange rate to boot.
On Tuesday AES cut its earnings estimate for 2001 to a range of $1.25 to $1.45 a share from a previous range of $1.75 to $1.90, citing poor exchange rates between the Brazilian and United States currencies, lower British power prices, and the company's inability to replace earnings anticipated from the planned acquisition of the Mohave power plant.
The biggest disadvantage is often poor exchange rates, representing a markup of up to 10%.
High costs and poor exchange rates may be a reason why more international students are doing UK university courses outside the UK now than inside, studying either on satellite campuses or via distance learning – or a combination of the two.
For example, they'll know that polymorphing a creature and then hitting it with a Fireball is expending two cards to remove one minion and so is a poor value exchange, whilst a new player probably won't make that consideration.
Gay formed part of the 4 x 100 m relay team but a poor baton exchange between Mardy Scales and Leonard Scott resulted in disqualification.
