I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be well/extensively/poorly etc documented
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It is well documented that men die younger than women.
beautifully/skilfully/poorly etc executed
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The skaters’ routine was perfectly executed.
poorly lit
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a poorly lit car park
poorly off
well-ventilated/poorly ventilated etc
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a well-ventilated kitchen
well/badly/poorly etc written
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The article is very well written.
well/poorly/fully etc equipped
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a well equipped hospital
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
paid
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Here the homeworkers poorly paid job dovetails neatly into the work for which she is not paid at all.
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We went to eat lunch in a restaurant frequented by poorly paid clerks and secretaries and, no doubt, messengers.
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She could only get a poorly paid job as a sales assistant in a King's Road shoe boutique.
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Conversely, pursuing a mundane, poorly paid job or no job at all may provoke a sense of alienation from society.
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Low morale among poorly paid health workers has led to strikes and lessened the quality of care.
■ VERB
attend
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Round five of the Foundry Bouldering Competition was again poorly attended .
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At the Games: Poorly organized and poorly attended , the Paris Games turn into a disaster.
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Traditional film nights were ditched and lectures, which had been poorly attended , were radically reduced in number.
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It was one of the most poorly attended games in the tournament.
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And if Fosdyke had been popular, it's strange that his funeral was so poorly attended .
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If you don't and slalom continues to be so poorly attended it risks becoming a has-been sport.
control
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Our results show that poorly controlled surgical pain significantly reduces tissue-oxygen tension.
define
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However, the density of that material is poorly defined by these observations.
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A fourth structure, with a poorly defined plan, was interpreted as for the preparation of frit.
design
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Such organizations can be said to be poorly designed .
develop
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Humans have a vestigial appendix which is so poorly developed that it is prone to infection.
document
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In most cases, such changes are poorly documented , if they are recorded at all.
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The TCP/IP implementation is still poorly documented .
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Unfortunately however, these functions are poorly documented and it takes quite some time to discover how to use them.
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The archaeology of this region is poorly documented .
equip
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So Britain is poorly equipped to even consider making any comparisons of the productivity or usefulness of research.
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The small number of white troops available for defense were poorly equipped and seldom paid.
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Most schools are in such poor physical condition and are so poorly equipped that this is unlikely to be a viable option.
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Numerous surveys show how poorly equipped students are to enter a work force that faces increasing technical complexity and intensifying competition.
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Most noticeably the troops were poorly equipped to deal with riots.
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To us poorly equipped and half-starved rebels it was a revelation.
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It is one the region is still poorly equipped to manage.
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For years after Franco's rule, the army, badly paid and poorly equipped , was viewed with suspicion.
execute
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There were hardly any well known names; the recently purchased Simon Vouet is very poorly executed .
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Their spree of corporate takeovers is, for the most part, wildly ill-advised and poorly executed .
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There is an occasional poorly executed sketch of a tiny organism or of a bone and muscle structure.
fare
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They rarely publish their arguments in the technical literature; when they do, the arguments usually fare poorly .
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The state also fared poorly in the teen birth rate category.
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This prompted two Republican candidates who are faring poorly to invite Mr Weicker back to the party; he refused.
know
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Thelodonts are not included in these classifications, they are too poorly known .
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The cost of these complex operations is considerable but poorly known .
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A number of clades are still too poorly known to be included.
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The equation of state of molecular hydrogen at high pressures and temperatures is particularly important and yet it is poorly known .
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These were put down to provide underground information in critical areas where the succession of rocks was poorly known .
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J 2 is in any case a weak constraint on density models and when it is this poorly known it is useless.
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The tail of galeaspids remains poorly known .
maintain
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Higher percentages of the elderly than of the general adult population live in accommodation built before 1919 that is often poorly maintained .
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He wrote that he saw poorly maintained practice fields with one temporary goal post for kickers.
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There was, however, evidence that public sector homes have been poorly maintained and that councils had spent their money elsewhere.
pay
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Thus while most farm workers recognize that they are poorly paid , few blame their own employer for their poverty.
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Until now all that women were taught to do, from housework to carpet weaving, was devalued and poorly paid .
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The jobs themselves are poorly paid , but the benefits, especially in higher education, are incalculable.
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For one thing, in terms of buying power, Congress is probably more poorly paid today than it has ever been.
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A survey revealed that scientists were poorly paid , on the whole.
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For the poorly paid , the twelve-cent round-trip fare could eat up 10 percent or more of their wages.
perform
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We do not wish to perform poorly or to undercut our objectives.
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The pressure on Sainsbury will continue if it performs poorly , he said.
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A new body, the National Clinical Assessment Authority, has been set up to tackle the problem of poorly performing doctors.
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Who or what was at fault when subordinates made mistakes or performed poorly ?
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But after performing poorly at the polls it quickly disappeared.
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Physical education classes were difficult at times, for Sean performed poorly in most competitive games.
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However, their use is limited because they are brittle and perform poorly in tensile loading situations.
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It would be the shortcut enabling their poorly performing public schools to catch up to the rest of the nation.
serve
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It does seem to be the case that Fuchs was very poorly served by his finance director Cees List.
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London is relatively poorly served in this respect, as are historic towns subject to significant Conservation Area protection.
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In some areas there may be centres of population which are very poorly served by public services.
train
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But they failed to stop the accident because staff were poorly trained .
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The police are poorly trained and grossly underpaid.
understand
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Astronauts have learned that we live on a delicate planet whose complex workings are poorly understood .
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The exact cause of hypercalcemia in this disorder is poorly understood .
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The internal arrangements and uses of these buildings are poorly understood .
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But back then, he says, aerodynamics were poorly understood .
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For some poorly understood reason, this most often involves the visual areas of the occipital cortex.
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The directive signals an inexorable process towards liberalization, but with many details left open and implications poorly understood .
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These steroids are uricosuric, but the mechanism by which they promote uric acid excretion is poorly understood .
write
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The film was poorly written and acted, and utilised much stock footage of manoeuvres supplied by the Department of Defense.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be well/poorly/generously supplied with sth
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The lounge was well supplied with ashtrays.
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Football stars are well supplied with female groupies.
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The markets are well supplied with agricultural produce, and with linens and yarns from the surrounding country.
well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a poorly lit room
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The article is really poorly written.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Compared with her predecessors Elizabeth was poorly placed to raise loans, especially during her later years.
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Environmentalists, claiming that the plant is poorly constructed, have for years objected to its opening.
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It gets on poorly with other genres.
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Port lawyers at the time drew up poorly worded contracts that do not properly protect district interests.
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So if yours is looking poorly , hack it out and replace it.
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Until now all that women were taught to do, from housework to carpet weaving, was devalued and poorly paid.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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Since she reads so poorly , she called up and asked me to come over.
very
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Some groups are doing very well economically and others very poorly .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I'm afraid your grandmother's very poorly ," the nurse on duty said.
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Dad was always out, Mum was often poorly , and I had to look after the rest of the kids.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Marie's still rocking - hugging herself like some of the poorly kids at school used to.