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poorly

adjective as in not well

adverb as in unsatisfactorily

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Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.

Underperformance of quality stocks was attributed to a heavy reliance on poorly performing consumer staples and a lack of Big Tech/AI exposure.

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I need not remind you how poorly the stock market performed subsequent to its record high level in early 2000.

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Pochin has apologised for her remarks, saying they were "phrased poorly" but maintained that many adverts were "unrepresentative of British society".

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That helps to explain why the stock market performed so poorly in early April, with the average stock dropping 13.3% on an intraday basis in just three trading days’ time.

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

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