perform dismally
Frequency: 6.58.2 per million words
to perform very poorly or badly
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- The team performed dismally in the championship game, losing by a huge margin.
- The national team performed dismally in the opening match of the tournament.
- The new product has performed dismally in the market, with sales figures far below expectations.
- Several retail stocks performed dismally during the recent holiday shopping season.
- He performed dismally on his final exams because he hadn't studied at all.
- The candidate performed dismally in the televised debate, losing many supporters.
- If the actors perform dismally on opening night, the critics will write terrible reviews.
- Despite months of testing, the new software performed dismally on launch day.
- Despite the government's efforts, the economy continues to perform dismally.
- The local economy has performed dismally since the main factory closed down.
- She realized she had performed dismally in the job interview when she didn't get a callback.
- Critics noted that the lead actor performed dismally on the play's opening night.
- Analysts predict that the stock will perform dismally for the next quarter.
- The high-risk investment fund performed dismally compared to the market average.
- After performing dismally for several years, the company finally decided to change its strategy.
- Students who perform dismally on the qualifying exam will not be admitted.
- The political party performed dismally in the recent polls, losing many seats.
- Last year's sales figures performed dismally in the highly competitive European market.
- The new software tends to perform dismally on older computers, causing them to freeze.
- The car engine performed dismally when subjected to extreme mountain conditions.