Sentence examples for a poorly devised from inspiring English sources

In a statement at the time, he said that the order was "nothing more than a poorly devised strategy to put pressure on the Legislature".

But environmental leaders said last week that the $60 million proposal was poorly devised and could be an attempt to propose a plan that voters would reject.

But as the Bush administration learned the hard way in Iraq, poorly devised measurements can become misleading indicators — and can create a false sense of progress.

Poorly devised and executed communications can have far-reaching consequences.

Congress passed a hiring tax credit along these lines last year, but it was not well publicized, and some said it was poorly devised.

Wagoner, Alan Mulally of Ford and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler all proved that last month, with their poorly devised and almost embarrassing testimony on Capitol Hill.

The metrics on which the Obama administration wants to rate colleges are highly complex, the ACE argues, adding that such efforts are "well-intentioned but poorly devised" with the current available data.

A workaround devised by some home support workers to identify poorly labelled medications was to tape each pill to the back of the medication list in the home.

We use a method devised by Pro Football Reference.

Because its dogmatic elements of sociability are constructed, and will vary across countries, it stands to reason that they could be devised poorly or incoherently.

But Meadows is a poorly drawn character.