The phrase "a very low expectation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's anticipations or hopes regarding an outcome, particularly when those anticipations are minimal.
Example: "Given the team's past performance, I have a very low expectation for this project to succeed."
Alternatives: "minimal expectation" or "slight expectation".
"I discovered most programs to be inadequate, as well as re-traumatizing and re-triggering for our population, as many of the programs just undervalue, underestimate and pigeonhole our community into very low expectation positions — you know, food service and manual labor without any sort of development for us to reach for anything else beyond that," Ross told TechCrunch.
Among the biggest reasons is a case of very low expectations.
"But for this to be the yardstick of a continent is to set very low expectations for a billion people across Africa".
"It was a positive surprise against very low expectations -- it's the year-over-year decline that better reflects the difficult industry conditions the company faces," John Casesa, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, said.
We have all heard of corruption in Illinois, but this list is just a smack in the face to a state that already has very low expectations of State Officials.
"When you are taking a school from one which has very low expectations of pupils to one which has incredibly high expectations of pupils, some people along the way are going to feel uncomfortable about that".
But this is more a composite caricature than a real person, a patient who obediently lives up to the very low expectations held by her caregivers.
The gateway to higher German economic growth is in the hands of the German consumer who is by all accounts conservative. Polls show that most have very low expectations of prospects for a stronger economy.
It does seem to amaze everyone: "Why aren't you fucked up?" It's great when you come in at that place of very low expectations because you'll always be a pleasant surprise.
Most notorious was a BBC documentary about racism in stadiums, but people also had very low expectations about the readiness and quality of the infrastructure.
Know that I was going into Ender's Game with very low expectations because the trailers made it look like a horrible money grab of a movie, doing nothing but throwing space battle sequences at audiences and showing little to virtually no key moments with Ender himself beyond him directing an armada of space battle ships. .
