abysmal
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"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
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
But the last four years, beginning when the Fed started raising rates, have been abysmal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Ration card restrictions, abysmal puddings, the deteriorating quality of fingernail varnish—these are crimes they feel in their souls.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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