inferior quality collocation | meaning and examples of use
collocation in English
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not good, or not as good as someone or …
(Definition of inferior and quality from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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This irregularity is most probably associated with the inferior quality of the primary data for the decade 1894-1903.
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Relatively small individuals seem to be of inferior quality with respect to parasite resistance and survival.
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Methodological quality is scored between 0 and 100 points, with a score <50 points indicating inferior quality and 70 points indicating good quality.
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She apologized for the inferior quality of paper used in several issues, ‘ ‘but the difficulty she has found in procuring it has been great.
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It also provides basic infrastructure for investors in the rural areas where infrastructure is either lacking or is of inferior quality.
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The often-cited, inferior quality of ‘spec-built’ housing (sometimes turning into slums) has been a constant complaint.
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Additional clauses enabled mills to reject cane of inferior quality, although contracts did not establish clear mechanisms for the determination of cane quality.
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Incidentally, we should not consider as being of inferior quality studies that provide sound evidence, for instance, of the patients’ quality of life (8) or preferences.
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In fact, imported products are often cheaper, but they are also of inferior quality and their safety cannot be guaranteed.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus – English
The implication is that inferior quality products are being and can be sold under such a system for the same price as the best goods.
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Far from being labour of an inferior quality it has to be high class labour.
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That unfair competition takes the form of inferior quality products.
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We have been concerned about the inferior quality of coal for a number of years.
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I have also drawn attention to their inferior quality.
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Many of the pits produce and sell coal of inferior quality.
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Evidence as to the inferior quality of the manures was given in these cases by official experts.
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Such a provision as this will lead to lectures of inferior quality, given merely for a certain amount of pay.
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But it omits reference to low-grade seeds which are likely to produce plants of an inferior quality, or of seeds already infected with disease.
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