poorly designed
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- adjective
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mal diseñado
- The new smartphone model received complaints because it was poorly designed and difficult to use.
- poorly designed and implemented
- poorly designed financing system
- often poorly designed
Examples
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Their chips are crap; it's that simple, and no one wants a weak, poorly designed CPU.
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Unfortunately, many of these schools are poorly designed or inadequately staffed to provide the educational options that they profess to deliver.
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I would say if it's that much out of control, it's that poorly designed, shut it down.
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Again, at no point should the thing ever be poorly written or poorly designed.
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Tests are poorly designed, especially for students with lower cognitive levels.
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First, if the survey is poorly designed, the study will suffer from poor internal validity.
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Irrigation systems are often poorly designed, managed, and maintained.
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Is it possible to overcome the effects of a poorly designed questionnaire?
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Uninspired, generic, and poorly designed games can be found in any regional market.
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Their solar-panel push, in particular, illustrates how poorly designed subsidies can stymie the development of renewable power.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not good in quality or below the usual standard
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3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
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4.5
Not made well and likely to break or stop working
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4.4
Not as good as the usual or required quality
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6.1
Poorly planned and likely to fail
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6.8
Not carefully planned or thought about before doing it
Antonyms
How Usable
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3.1
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- Jargon
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: the adverb 'poorly' (not well) modifies 'designed' (planned/made), yielding 'not well planned or constructed.' This straightforward modifier + adjective pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Poorly designed gives a clear image: something was poorly designed, so parts do not fit, it breaks, or it is hard to use. When a chair wobbles or an app confuses people, it means 'not well planned' or low quality, so we call it poorly designed.