poorly

Were you at all afraid, if this went poorly, you wouldn't have someone else to blame?

Dodos are commonly considered brainless, blundering birds that were poorly adapted and doomed to die off, making their human-mediated extinction effortless and inevitable.

But prolonged exposure to the chemical in poorly ventilated spaces led many hatters to develop mercury poisoning, suffering symptoms like irritability, slurred speech, memory problems, and tremors.