The phrase "a weak lead for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the effectiveness or strength of an introduction or opening statement in a piece of writing or presentation.
Example: "The article started with a weak lead for capturing the reader's attention, making it difficult to engage with the content."
Alternatives: "a poor introduction for" or "an ineffective opening for".
The channel turned to more wonk-ish on-air talents such as Ronin Farrow, who was pulled from the lineup after one year, and Chris Hayes, whose low ratings have delivered a weak lead-in for Rachel Maddow, the most popular MSNBC host in prime time.
A weak lead regulator could make things worse, not better.
A weak economy leads them to fear for their jobs, and worry about the foreigners who might take them.
But a weak dollar leads to higher prices for imported goods, which can feed the rate of inflation, and it can push up long-term interest rates as foreign investors demand higher returns to offset their currency risk.
In these simulations, a weak EAA led to weak H sur, as expected.
The defense, traditionally a weak spot for Russia, is led by Pittsburgh's three-time Olympian Sergei Gonchar and the Montreal power-play virtuoso Andrei Markov.
The findings of Study 2 suggest that temporal separation with a time lag of one day leads to a weak control for method variance; however, the use of an unmeasured method factor significantly helps control for method variance in the model.
Credit Suisse Group says it will slash more jobs at investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston to lower costs, but a weak outlook for the year led its shares down by nearly 4%, to $36.15.
Thus their suggestion [ 170] leads to a (weak) argument for eubacteria first and archaebacteria later!
Also, PbB, with a half-life of 30 days, is a weak measure of lead exposure for the peripheral nervous system as demonstrated in a meta-analysis of 32 electrodiagnostic studies of lead neuropathy (Davis and Svendsgaard 1990).
