woefully
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Pat Austin, from National Energy Action, described it as "woefully inadequate."
From BBC • Apr. 22, 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
Opting to pursue enterprise customers, Anthropic seemed woefully behind OpenAI in the consumer realm — until now.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026
In genteel phrasing, Ancora also alludes to the fact that Paramount would itself remain woefully undersized if it doesn’t merge with Warner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
But no, as soon as Ekon thought the word in his mind, he knew that was woefully wrong.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Vocabulary from the Seventh Democratic Debate, March 6, 2016
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