Sentences with phrase «worse than the expectation»

Dick's pointed to sales of hunting gear such as rifles, which chief financial officer Lee Belitsky called «much worse than our expectations» on a conference call, and athletic apparel is key culprits in the shortfall.

In the March quarter, revenues were down 10 % on a year over year basis, which was worse than our expectation for a low single - digit fall.

The reality could be far worse than the expectation.

Not exact matches

«Expectations were very low going into [the third quarter] since the entire sector has had a tough [quarter], and Macy's results were no worse than feared,» Wells Fargo analyst Paul Lejuez said.

Next, relative growth differentials surprised; U.S. growth proved much worse than forecast, barely reaching 1 % in the first quarter, while growth in Europe and Japan exceeded expectations.

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If you look back at the press release which accompanied our easing of monetary policy in December 1998, you will see it referred to the expectation by official and private forecasters that 1999 would be a worse year than 1998.

The non-underlying contribution has been consistently worse than our original expectation.

In a report published Thursday, Roth Capital Partners analyst Philip Shen discussed the Department of Commerce's final results of its administrative review of 2012 solar related tariffs in which duties came in «much worse than expected» at 30.6 percent versus prior expectations of...

Other than maybe raising some people's expectations of his future as a Sabre, I don't quite get why his heavy use (19 minutes) at an early age was necessarily a bad thing.

And yet, the details are even worse than my worst expectations.

According to oddsmakers, the Jets» preseason expectations are about the equivalent of, or perhaps worse than, those of an expansion team.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

So there was a wide range of expectations, but a 78 that puts him in a tie for 143rd was probably worse than anyone could have imagined.

Leicester will have to do a little worse than expected and we will have to live up to these expectations at the very least.

Sometimes kids can handle more expectations than we think they can, especially in american culture, so while it's probably a pain at times for others to expect more, it's not necessarily always a bad thing to have them.

But if couples don't have important conversations about exclusivity and expectations about fidelity, the door to greater fallout remains open because they will undoubtedly default to dishonesty, which, as Finkel points out, is almost always a worse betrayal to the jilted party than the cheating.

The economy has slowed to a virtual standstill in the first three months of the year, performing far worse than Bank of England expectations.

Cuomo said an explosion in a subway station is, «in many ways, one of our worst nightmares,» but he said «the reality turns out better than the initial expectation.»

Who was her worst home secretary, I ask, more out of hope than expectation.

«When you hear about a bomb in the subway station, which is in many ways one of our worst nightmares, the reality turns out better than the initial expectation and fear.

However, other institutions did not share the expectation that governing parties would automatically perform worse than the polls suggest.

Worse, there is an expectation that expertise — like data — could or should somehow be exchanged online rather than in person, which is unrealistic.

But our free - market capitalism can not work without growth, so we can not share out either the work or the wealth in a sane way, and we have more than three million without work, beggars on the streets, even a falling expectation of life among the worse - off.

Far worse than what I was expecting and my expectations were not that high to begin with.

It is the worst possible Christmas movie to date and I'm not even joking, taking LSD while watching Disaster Movie would be better than this, and Disaster Movie led up to its expectations.

i thought the 2nd season of breaking bad was THE greatest season of tv... i was very nervous for season 3... i did nt think it could be as good as the second season... i thought the first 5 episodes were a bit slow... but then the next 8 episodes were some of the best ever put on tv... this season exceded my expectations... it was even bettter than the 2nd season.

The easiest way to enjoy G.I. Joe: Retaliation is by entering with low expectations and proceeding to think of comparable films worse than it.

That could end up hurting the movie more than it helps it if expectations are set too high, but the script didn't earn a place on the Black List for nothing, and if it's anything like Kim's oddball Western «The Good, the Bad, the Weird,» then U.S. audiences could be in for a fun treat.

Directed by the program's creator, Doug Ellin, this eagerly - anticipated, big screen version more than lives up to its legions of loyal fans» high expectations, between the bawdy, locker room banter and the trademark misogyny we've come to expect from the unapologetic bad boys at the center of the story.

Little Fockers represents the third in the lucrative Meet the Parents series, and its par for the course as far as intent and delivery, no better and no worse than the fulfillment of audience expectations.

I didn't have high expectations for it, but it turned out to be even worse than I could have anticipated.

States could do worse than chiseling that expectation into their accountability regimes and making sure it sticks.

In Figure 2, the curved lines provide a sense of how this relationship varied across districts.6 The lines indicate the upper and lower bounds for the shares of 4th graders who met the ELA standard in 68 percent of demographically similar school districts.7 Overall, the scores were lower in districts with larger shares of high - need students, but in some districts student performance was either better or worse than expected, based on the shares of high - need students.8 The orange dots (for the CST) and the teal dots (for the SBAC) represent the 20 school districts that were furthest above or below expectations — these dots are mostly outside the curved lines.

Is your expectation that charter schools should be renewed if they aren't any worse than district schools?

At worst, there is no loss in achievement, unless of course, the computer product being used is of inferior quality or the use of the computer becomes nothing more than a redundant practice and drill mechanism, ultimately conveying lower expectations to already disadvantaged students.

This is when people think they're less likely than others to have something bad happen to them, and it works across people's expectations — they think their children are going to be geniuses, they feel they are better at their jobs than their colleagues, that they're better drivers than everyone else, and of course, that they will never be in an accident.

I am proud to say and do the best I can to help out the customer which ever way I can... with that out of the way the dealership especially gets a bad rap for being nicknamed the «stealership» for having outrageous fees and hourly rates that may be higher than the average shop... I think that you get what you pay for in everything, especially for the care of your Volkswagen, I take a great deal of pride taking care the customers needs a expectations, at times I personally hand wash vehicles after a repair to show that the customers vehicle is well taken care of while here.

While the fact that it's less powerful than its predecessor might not be that bad with the new weight - saving techniques, the new technology and manufacturing features could increase its base price beyond expectations.

[58] Labelling the car a new «gateway» into the Mercedes - Benz brand with sales «beyond our optimistic expectations» by Mercedes - Benz, [59][60] Consumer Reports rates the CLA as «140 % worse than the average car» in the 2014 Annual Auto Reliability Survey.

I didn't expect to be rolling in money, but this is far worse than even my worst expectations.

For me, it wasn't necessarily a waste of money, but it fell in the category of things I didn't expect to do very well that actually ended up doing worse than my lowest expectations.

It's truly important that you are clear on your own expectations or otherwise you'll send yourself into a state of misery worse than James Caan having to deal with Kathy Bates.

Because the prices of most growth stocks are based on future expectations, these stocks tend to be more sensitive than value stocks to bad economic news and negative earnings surprises.

I guess the expectation was that the company would produce numbers substantially worse than what was reported.

Whether they choose to focus on the good news or the bad when formulating their expectations for 2015, pet specialty retailers must resolve themselves to the fact that their future fortunes will primarily be decided by the same factor that brought them success in the past: the ability to identify and capitalize on emerging product trends faster than their competitors.

We're going to burn more coal over the next 30 years than in all of human history, CO2 emissions are rising at worst case expectations, and we're looking at 6 degrees Farenheit temperature rise over that time.

Maybe it's because my expectations were a lot lower than yours, but I didn't think the new APS statement was that bad.

Given the failure of the publisher to show any «error» other than the expectation that models be consistent with observations, I think that readers are entirely justified in concluding that the article was rejected not because it «contained errors», but for the reason stated in the reviewers» summary: because it was perceived to be «harmfulâ $ ¦ and worse from the climate sceptics» media side».

I have no expectations at all on that point, since I have very little faith that the new exercise will not be just a new set o «adjustments» to show that «Things Are Even Worse Than We Expected»