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awful

[aw-fuhl] / ˈɔ fəl /


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Start with the most basic economic insight about New Year’s resolutions: We are awful forecasters of our own future behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal

I am sure he needs an awful lot of love, care and attention right now.

From BBC

"I'm obviously going to be awful, that goes without saying, but I'm over the moon they're letting me try."

From BBC

"He was neither. He had an awful time of it at school."

From BBC

“This bubble looks an awful lot like the dot-com bubble,” he said on a podcast hosted by Lewis, whose book first catapulted Burry to fame.

From The Wall Street Journal