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View definitions for poorly

poorly

adjective as in not well

adverb as in unsatisfactorily

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If the student is faring poorly, the program sends easier questions.

Satellites have struggled to spot methane emissions in certain environments, such as poorly maintained oil wells in snowy areas with lots of vegetation.

From BBC

The investigator alleged the infusion of illegally grown weed was poorly governed and so large as to hurt legal growers, but was justified “with the oft-repeated excuse ‘at least we get the tax dollars.’”

But the LP sold poorly, peaking at No. 116 on the Billboard charts.

It all comes down to ferrihydrite, a poorly crystalline mineral, or a substance where the atoms or molecules are not arranged in well-defined and repeating patterns.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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