The phrase "a poor rate of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an unsatisfactory level or performance of something, often in contexts like statistics, performance metrics, or evaluations.
Example: "The study revealed a poor rate of customer satisfaction, prompting the company to reevaluate its service strategies."
Alternatives: "a low level of" or "an inadequate rate of".
"Any other program with such a poor rate of success would have been terminated," Mr. Simpson said.
The SFO has come under fire for a poor rate of convictions in the past, and for its handling of certain cases.
The researchers attributed these failures to insufficient training in the treatment of addiction, doctors' frustration with afflicted patients, the common perception among doctors that treatment for substance abuse does not work, and a poor rate of insurance reimbursement for such services.
Simultaneous SIPNs absorbed more water than sequential SIPNs, but both had a poor rate of water absorption at pH 1.2.
There are a variety of treatments for primary breast tumors ranging from chemotherapies to tumor resection, but once breast cancer has metastasized, there is a poor rate of patient survival [2].
Although a number of male chimeras with significant coat colour contribution were generated, a poor rate of germ line transmission was observed even at early passage (data not shown) corresponding to the original findings of Auerbach et. al. [10] with their B6-derived ES cells.
"It's been very well received," Hardy, 82, told the Guardian, though on the Rotten Tomatoes site, which aggregates reviews, it has a poor rating of 22%.
For example, Sheehan and Burns' findings [ 57] indicated that high levels of perceived coercion are significantly associated with involuntary admission and a poor rating of therapeutic relationship.
The sample size was considered small (less than 30 subjects per analysis), thus resulting in a poor rating of hypotheses testing.
He explained that Chelsea's defence was already the strongest in the league, but a poorer rate of shot-to-goal conversion had cost them the title.
Joint replacement operations because of metastatic bone disease do not appear to have given a poorer rate of patient survival than other types of surgical treatment, and the reoperation rate was low.
