Jefferson's attempted solution, an embargo upon American shipping, worked badly and was unpopular.
Indeed, as television it's most successful when it shows people working together - but working together badly.
Before him, no one knew why our commonwealth worked badly.
Your plan might have been a good one for the majority of cases; only in our peculiar case it chanced to work badly perhaps.
Today's designs are boring, and they work badly, too.
English: When our business worked badly, we ate oatmeal.
They were uncomfortable and wet, working badly in a seaway.
We have a number of government monopolies which work badly.
My wounded thumb, slippery with sweat, worked badly and the gloves didn't help.
Either by design or by neglect, the muffler worked badly.