woefully
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Mr. Dano’s woefully limp performance is merely the most obvious of the film’s flaws.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Police are woefully understaffed and hampered by public policy, said Blair Besten, president of downtown’s Historic Core Business Improvement District, a nonprofit that arranges graffiti removal, trash pickup and safety patrols in the area.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Dr Rob Williams, president of the BVA, welcomed the move, calling the legislation "woefully outdated".
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Opting to pursue enterprise customers, Anthropic seemed woefully behind OpenAI in the consumer realm — until now.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026
She looked at me so woefully that I collapsed in shame and said “I’m sorry” again and again, repeating it until I hoped maybe she believed me.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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Vocabulary from the Seventh Democratic Debate, March 6, 2016
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