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abysmal

[uh-biz-muhl] / əˈbɪz məl /


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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

However, their record at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season is frankly abysmal, so can they expect to turn their form around against fellow strugglers?

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

You might have heard that January home sales were abysmal, and that a trade group’s chief economist described the situation as a “new housing crisis.”

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Saying mass incarceration is an abysmal failure makes sense, though, only if one assumes that the criminal justice system is designed to prevent and control crime.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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