Unless and until we recognize this fully, we will remain at the mercy of Keynes s poorly understood delicate machine.

These are relatively infrequent and poorly understood.

The significance of these moves has, however, been poorly understood.

And so all of us have this remarkable brain, which is poorly understood to say the least.

The Office also noted that the policy was poorly understood by staff and that mobility was sometimes perceived as a punishment.

It is not a host of poorly understood natural cyclical factors play a role, and so do the vagaries of human psychology.

It is understood that all other amendments and proposals remain on the table.

But the derivatives and repo markets present risks that are poorly understood, difficult to communicate in the media, and hard for politicians to debate and resolve.

But the current financial market turmoil has shown that there are regulatory and supervisory gaps and poorly understood international linkages that call for a global response.

Fortunately, the Federal Reserve has signaled its intention to remain active, but its policy tools are poorly suited to the challenges that we face.

He might have added that what gets measured poorly gets done poorly.

Women are poorly organized.

Numerous common genetic variants with small effects on blood pressure have been identified as well as some rare genetic variants with large effects on blood pressure but the genetic basis of hypertension is still poorly understood.

Doing Poorly by Doing Good

It is also difficult to trace back to the 1980 s the origins of the credit explosion and the proliferation of exotic and poorly understood financial instruments that lay at the heart of the 2007 2008 crisis.

It is understood that all proposals remain on the table until withdrawn by their sponsors and that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed .

Layla treated her son Sami poorly.

(c) Some indicators are particularly poorly reported

Understood.

I think that part of the reason must be that the problem was poorly understood then, so that contingent capital could not be well articulated and lacked the force of argument that would allow it to be impressed upon government policy makers.

Infrastructure spending is either inadequate or poorly targeted.

Africa's history is rich but often poorly documented.

I understood.

Sami understood.

Brazilian courts were reputed in 2000 to handle investors lawsuits slowly and poorly, and they are reputed to handle them slowly and poorly today.

Even today, donor governments aid efforts are poorly directed.

Neuropsychology Patients perform poorly on tests of semantic knowledge.

She understood me.

Yeltsin understood this.

I see that you properly understood Kafka, maybe even better than he understood himself.

The new Middle East bodes poorly for the coming year.

I have understood you.

presumably this is understood?

At the local elections held in June, the PRM did poorly.

Most governments are poorly equipped to deal with serious water challenges.

CAMBRIDGE Peter Drucker, the influential management guru, famously said, What does not get measured, does not get done. He might have added that what gets measured poorly gets done poorly.

Her answer couldn't be understood.

women should not be understood

Yet at both the global and national levels, energy is poorly governed.

Indeed, there are lots of depressing statistics about how poorly companies listen.

Indeed, these cuts perform poorly on the CBO s measure of budgetary effectiveness.

American exceptionalism may sell well at home, but it does poorly abroad.

Women continued to be poorly represented at decision making levels in government.

This proposal was received poorly by many of the Arab Israeli community leaders.

LONDON The Greek debt problem has been poorly handled by Europe s decision makers.