Sentences with word «poorly»

Customers appreciate and prefer on - time, cheerful service, and show a greater intent to fly on that carrier again, even if its prices are slightly more than those of a more poorly run competitor.

If it goes poorly, they face public humiliation in front of a standing - room - only crowd in a 460 - seat auditorium.

It all suggests that the dramatic day and a half of legal proceedings are but a prelude to even more courtroom theatrics and combat in what has become a sordid, long - standing matter (for the full saga, read the Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone) that reflects poorly on countless participants, not least the boards of CBS and Viacom, which took no action to remove Redstone as their executive chairman until Herzer's case forced their hand.

Mobile Vaani estimates that roughly 65 percent of the poorly - literate / low - income population in India is unlikely to have access to the internet in the next decade, but 40 percent of those already have access to mobile phones.

Sadly, airlines clearly don't believe that you, their customers, care about your flights being late, canceled, or poorly served, or that your bags are lost or damaged.

Note the similarity here to the controversial practice of short - selling stocks, wherein a trader is betting that the value of a stock is going to go down — that is, betting that the company will do poorly.

«Right now, patent trolls are manipulating the overly broad and poorly determined patent definition to win settlements and damages from tens of thousands of real American innovators,» Rep. Issa said in a statement.

Figuring out why states fared poorly in America's Top States For Business 2008 takes a bit less work than determining why others did well.

If the employee reacts poorly to the warning letter you need to decide if it's because you handled the situation badly or because they simply do not want to accommodate the rules you laid out for them.

The deal can fall through, can be executed poorly by management or economic conditions can conspire against profits and keep leverage high.

«It will reflect poorly on you if you come in to the bank asking for $ 50,000, then they ask you to create a cash - flow projection and you find out that you actually need $ 100,000,» says Adam Hoeksema, co-founder of Muncie, Ind. - based ProjectionHub, a Web app to help entrepreneurs make financial projections.

While it's true that you can't please everyone all the time, poorly - conceived marketing materials can sideline even the best - intentioned businesses.

A no that's poorly stated can be alienating, harmful, disruptive and damaging to both personal and professional relationships.

Most women have experienced one or many of the indignities of a poorly fitting bra, including saggy cups, itchy tags, pokey underwires, and a band so tight that it causes ripples in one's back or, more unflatteringly, in one's boobs.

Andersen Consulting's evolution to Accenture (ACN) was initially received poorly, but in the end proved to be a smart move.

Abrupt CEO ousters reflect poorly on a company's governance.

«If you give someone a glowing recommendation and then they don't work out in the new job, it reflects poorly on you.»

Banks remain financially precarious and poorly supervised; more will implode.

After the recent turmoil, a poll released by Ipsos showed 60 % of Italians believe the government is handling the situation poorly.

But key issues are still poorly understood.

Perhaps best of all, you can identify and correct any obstacles to conversion, such as a poorly designed page or registration form, inferior product descriptions, or excessive steps for signing up for an e-newsletter.

Adamson points out that military teams tend to do poorly in adventure races.

In fact, there are many aspects of immigration that have been poorly handled under federal control.

Besides anti-immigration sentiment, Dimon is also worried about the risk «de-globalization» poses to J.P. Morgan in the form of «poorly conceived anti-trade policies» with Mexico and China, two countries where Trump has made it clear he is not happy with the status quo.

When people aren't using basic collaboration tools like whiteboards because they're designed poorly, the negative impact on your business is obvious.

Their culture is apparently toxic, CEO Travis Kalanick was caught on camera treating a driver poorly, and the company went the extra mile (no pun intended) to evade the law.

When people treat you poorly, it's tempting to stoop to their level and return the favor.

Most Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members also expected to cut Bank Rate again this year to a rate «close to, but a little above zero,» if the economy performed as poorly as forecast.

It all seems arbitrary and poorly defined, let alone poorly managed.

The results reflected poorly on posh boutiques: «Near a luxury store, participants were less likely to offer help.»

Most don't make a scene over it; they just make a note of it and take their business elsewhere, while telling a dozen other people about being treated poorly.

He not only turned it around, but also made employees proud to work at Citigroup, something lacking before thanks to multiple, poorly executed mergers.

There are a number of videos out there explaining how it all works, but this poorly dubbed one is probably the funniest:

«People often eat poorly at a buffet because what they want to eat in the moment is different than what they wished they'd have eaten at the end of the day,» he says.

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

Good news: Despite the perception that we in the VC world employ armies of analysts working behind the scenes and prepping us to beat down the valuation expectations of poorly prepared entrepreneurs, nothing could be further from the truth.

When used poorly, monetary rewards can feel like coercion, an effect you see in the classic carrot - and - stick approach to motivation.

As successful as Whitman was, she left successor John Donahoe with a couple of problems: a slowing auction business and a poorly planned acquisition.

KPMG had been struggling in the years before the conduct is said to have occurred, having fared poorly in audit inspections by the PCAOB in 2013 and 2014, federal prosecutors said.

There are more publishers to choose from now than ever before, and many authors make rushed decisions that result in poorly - produced products that don't sell.

Aboulafia believes the A380 is a poorly executed aircraft designed for a market that doesn't really exist.

Voice payments will evolve from clunky and poorly scripted sessions to interactions as natural as one might have with a personal shopper or bank employee.

Participants who expressed an aspiration to be associated with high - end brands also reported an increased desire to own the luxury products after being treated poorly.

I will not vote for a nominee who has behaved in a manner that reflects so poorly on our country.

They were, in essence, that poorly attended comedy show, where the few who ventured in were afraid to laugh.

When one area of the business is poorly run, it increases the risk for the acquirer.

At a similar panel in New York earlier in January that was dedicated to technology and media in the 2016 election, top journalists from legacy media organizations like the Associated Press and new media organizations like the data - journalism website FiveThirtyEight picked over the carcass of the election, pondering why data analysts misjudged Trump's electoral strength and how readers themselves often didn't necessarily possess the media literacy to sift through fake and poorly reported news.

Adverse means harmful or unfavorable: «Adverse market conditions caused the IPO to be poorly subscribed.»

My driver Wednesday told me he gets his Toyota Prius washed three times a week, knowing he'll be rated poorly by riders if he doesn't.

Still, this year's companies didn't do quite as poorly as the ones on the previous edition.