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View definitions for poorly

poorly

adjective as in not well

adverb as in unsatisfactorily

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“If they do well, they could win the case. But if they do poorly, they can lose the case. No matter how well you’re doing until that point.”

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Both can weigh on already poorly performing stocks.

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Fatal traffic accidents are common in the Southeast Asian nation of 280 million people, where road rules are routinely ignored and vehicles are often poorly maintained.

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If a business performs poorly after a split, professional investors could sell and overwhelm any buying from individuals.

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"Despite the diversity of pseudosuchians, they remain poorly understood, as fossils of some their lineages are extremely rare in the fossil record," Dr. Müller says.

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