as in poorly
in an unsatisfactory way
the road to the mountain lodge is so deficiently marked that we had a terrible time finding it
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Adverb
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Students that are assigned a teacher that inflates grades are more likely to score poorly on future tests.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026 -
For Europe, the LNG crisis is poorly timed.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Better inside than outside There is a growing bipartisan consensus that Mullin will replace Noem, who badly mismanaged her portfolio.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Molliver said Liam is back in his suburban Minneapolis school, but that he and his father were badly shaken by their time in detention.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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Of course, Hole himself isn’t averse to breaking bad, either.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
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There were no debates involved, no refs called in, no bad-mouthing.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Deficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deficiently. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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