The phrase "apply poorly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is not implemented or executed effectively.
Example: "The new policy tends to apply poorly in real-world scenarios, leading to confusion among employees."
Alternatives: "function ineffectively" or "perform badly".
Another explanation may be that written procedures apply poorly to complex situations and are rapidly judged useless when addressing complex issues.
However, the pigeonhole categories of liberal, radical, Marxist, or socialist categories apply poorly to both to first wave women's movement feminist predecessors and contemporary deconstructionist, post-structuralist and post-colonialist perspectives.
The critically ill patient is an individual to whom mean values apply poorly.
Although the cell draws on genuine research in this area – for example, a study by psychologist Susana Martinez-Conde and pickpocket Apollo Robbins, looking at what sorts of movements are most likely to distract you – this applies poorly when trying to influence people online.
The Soviet model of industrialization applied poorly to Czechoslovakia.
We ended the NCLB model of prescribing one-size-fits all solutions to apply to poorly performing schools, and we ended the requirement that states determine which schools are poorly performing based just on the federally required tests.
Keep in mind that this study was conducted on a well-drained silt loam soil in the Finger Lakes Region and does not apply to poorly drained clay soils or regions of the state where late spring frosts or early fall frosts occur.
Response categories were: 1 = applies very poorly; 2 = applies rather poorly; 3 = applies rather well; 4 = applies very well.
Response categories were: a = applies very poorly; b = applies rather poorly; c = applies rather well; d = applies very well.
In addition, the algorithm can easily be applied to poorly characterized systems, e.g. systems for which the noise is not known exactly.
The policy directive will for the first time make official and public what has long been the United States government's unspoken practice in some hostage cases, but one that has been inconsistently applied and poorly understood both inside federal agencies and among family members desperate to win the release of their relatives.
