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woefully

adverb as in sorely

adverb as in sorely

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

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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.

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"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."

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

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Few surveillance cameras cover the outside of the museum, and the security command centers were woefully inadequate.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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