The phrase "lower than expectation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to describe when something fails to meet a certain expectation or does not reach a desired level. For example: Sales for the holiday season were lower than expectation.
This result was however lower than expectation, because many high-permeability streaks exist in this block.
As we gradually decreased the laser power during this experiment, the fluorescence intensity measured at a new power setting will be lower than expectation due to photobleaching, and results in a slope that is higher than the theoretical value.
Although the number of genes in haplotype blocks was slightly lower than expectation in the heterochromatic regions of the three populations and higher than expectation in the euchromatic regions of the landrace and N. Am. cultivar populations, the bias of gene density within blocks vs. between blocks was not severe (Table S7).
In sum, LinkedIn had a strong quarter, but its lower-than-expected stated expectations for its year-end quarter have unnerved investors.
The company mostly missed street expectations, with lower-than-expected revenue, and earnings-per-share that just met expectations.
Netflix just released its second-quarter earnings report, missing analyst expectations with lower-than-expected subscriber numbers.
The Oklahoma City-based company expects a decrease in oil production year-over-year, 11% lower than expectations.
Still, it was lower than expectations of economists in Tokyo, who had estimated growth of 2.8percentt.
When auto sales were excluded from the numbers, the overall rise was 0.2percentt, which was lower than expectations.
Compaq Computer said that it would cut 5,000 jobs and predicted that its first-quarter per-share earnings would be about one-third lower than expectations.
C1 Compaq said it would cut 5,000 jobs and predicted that first-quarter earnings would be about one-third lower than expectations.
