The phrase "a somewhat poor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is lacking in quality or effectiveness to a moderate degree.
Example: "The report provided a somewhat poor analysis of the data, leaving out key insights."
Alternatives: "a rather inadequate" or "a fairly subpar".
"So it will always be a somewhat poor neighborhood".
Unlike "The Queen," a barbed look at the royal family after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, "The King's Speech" takes a relatively benign view of the monarchy, framing Albert as a somewhat poor little rich boy condemned to live in a fishbowl, an idea that Mr. Hooper unwisely literalizes by overusing a fisheye lens.
She and partner Tony Dovolani, who had been at the top of the leaderboard for the first three weeks, were eliminated from the celebrity dancing competition after a somewhat poor performance on the dance floor.
Even with a somewhat poorer performance good teams are still significantly distant from the relegation positions.
The methyl ester of methionine (MME) is a somewhat poorer substrate for MetK and also led to a smaller fraction of totally methylated DNA.
Comparing the two approaches, relative response thresholds vs two diagnostic ions, the latter resulted in less false positives but a somewhat poorer detectability at the lowest level.
Our external-fixated patients had a somewhat poorer radiographic result than the patients in the study by Egol et al. (2008).
Luminal breast cancers have a good overall prognosis, although luminal B has a somewhat poorer outcome than A. Luminal A breast cancers usually respond well to hormonal therapy, whereas conventional chemotherapy is often ineffective.
Tamoxifen had no clear overall effect but there were better relapse-free (P = 0.04) and overall (P = 0.004) survival with tamoxifen in estrogen receptor positive patients, while estrogen receptor negative patients had a somewhat poorer survival (P = 0.07) after tamoxifen.
And one final aspect to Saturday's walkover victory against an admittedly somewhat poor Mallorca was that very few of the usual accomplices — the Xavis, the David Villas, the Pedros or for much of the time the Iniestas — were on the field to make and create for the strikers.
