Total cholesterol is a poor indicator of heart disease risk.

It is not helped by poor overall indicators for health.

So anecdotes from one city tend to be a poor indicator of overall sales.

The science test results (which have been dropped since this study was conducted) are a poorer indicator of later success.

Thirst, unfortunately, is generally a poor indicator of fluid need.

A crucial problem is exchange rates, which can swing wildly and are often seen as poor indicators of a currency's real value.

Often, polls early in the campaign are poor indicators of the future choices of voters.

On the other hand, a skewed income distribution and poor social indicators are evident.

A poor indicator, for any number of reasons.

Individual species are also regarded as generally poor indicators of biodiversity when it comes to actual planning.