Not enough
Poorly and not enough are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poorly" instead an adverb phrase "Not enough".
Poorly
Poorly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Not enough and poorly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Not enough" instead an adverb "Poorly".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Domestically, the former sold poorly, and the latter sold middling enough, but not enough to get Manglobe out of the hole before the studio's shutdown in 2015.
Source: Creator Killer -
Unfortunately, sales were not enough to justify dubbing 196 episodes worth of material (and it was poorly received), so AE dropped the dub.
Source: Manga / Urusei Yatsura
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