The phrase "a very poor standard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that does not meet acceptable quality or performance levels.
Example: "The report submitted by the team was of a very poor standard, lacking essential data and analysis."
Alternatives: "a subpar level" or "an inadequate standard".
My main concern is that private companies provide a very poor standard of housing.
In November 2014, the Twitter aficionado tweeted this about the president: "Sadly, because president Obama has done such a poor job as president, you won't see another black president for generations!" Asked by ABC News' Jonathan Karl at the time what he meant by that, Trump said: "He has set a very poor standard.
"This degree of transparency is a big improvement on the very poor standard of reporting by departments," she said.
CA 15.3 levels that are initially high and remain high despite treatment indicate a failure to respond to treatment and a very poor prognosis (standard, level of evidence: C).
Central heating is usually provided centrally in Russia, a country whose winter temperatures fall well below freezing, and the absence of central heating indicates a very poor housing standard.
The uncle had, for example, taken his children out of what was arguably the best school in the city and enrolled them in one that had very poor standards — but it was owned by a friend of his and was threatened with closure because there were not enough pupils on the register.
I wouldn't expect anyone to be happy with poor standards and losing three games in the league for me, in my eyes, is very poor standards.
Space-occupying malignant MCA infarctions carry a very poor prognosis under standard therapy, with a case-fatality rate approaching 80%.
However, late stage and metastatic melanoma is known to confer a very poor prognosis, with no standard of care currently established.
Toure had a very poor game by his standards.
The club want to keep Jermain Defoe despite a very poor season by his standards.
