woefully

Example Sentences

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To the extent Mr. Fuentes influences young people, it’s the same group of woefully disillusioned, overly online and increasingly lonely men already drawn to the darkest corners of the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal

He believes the preliminary report was "woefully inadequate... embarrassingly inadequate".

From BBC

Upgrades to security at the world-renowned museum have been moving at a "woefully inadequate pace," added Piere Moscovici at a press conference as he presented his body's report on the Paris museum.

From Barron's

"These children have not only suffered terrible abuse at the hands of the perpetrators but have been woefully let down by the authorities meant to protect them from harm."

From BBC

With a woefully incomplete land registry at the time, ownership across much of Greece was unclear.

From Barron's