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abysmal

[uh-biz-muhl] / əˈbɪz məl /


ADJECTIVE
extending deeply
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One reason investors have soured on 60/40 funds recently is their abysmal returns in 2022, when major stock and bond indexes both fell at once.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"I'm grateful for the staff there because I think had they not been as good as they were, my whole journey there would have been absolutely abysmal, because I felt really, really rubbish," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

We are drowning in a sea of abysmal, artificially generated prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

For the rest of the time, the returns were abysmal.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

The pay was abysmal, but the job appealed to Barack’s core beliefs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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