abysmal
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7.1
- adjective
- /əˈbɪzməl/
- The team's performance was abysmal, leading to their defeat in every match this season.
- abysmal conditions
- abysmal record
- abysmal standards
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- And yet the product itself has abysmal thermal design.
- That is the situation in this country right now and it's abysmal.
- And then the last group, the poor vegans, their bone strength was abysmal in the study, as it is in real life.
- I look at the nationwide, worldwide statistics and they are awful, abysmal and only getting worse.
- He's a national champion bridge player and but in the third great arena of life love, Len is an abysmal failure.
- If we look at more quote UN quote, serious mental disorders like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, the results are abysmal.
- I really tried to not champion it, but I always tried to call a brand out like if I was using a product, I'd be like, the shade range is abysmal.
- And I think we're seeing legally in the United States the abysmal preposterousness of like originalism as a legal doctrine.
- I mean, believe it or not, those polls, as abysmal as they are, are way better than if you polls people in the Muslim majority world.
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If faculty members' performances are abysmal, they can be dismissed.
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And then the last group, the poor vegans, their bone strength was abysmal in the study, as it is in real life.
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We must go- if only to improve my abysmal Italian.
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The conditions were pretty abysmal.
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And yet the product itself has abysmal thermal design.
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Yet compared to Germany, Taiwan, and South Korea, its performance has been abysmal.
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Unfortunately, we find that American government texts do a generally abysmal job when it comes to adequately dealing with Native Americans.
Academic text (1999) -
The situation at Fleet Prison was abysmal, but Marshalsea Prison was horrendous.
Academic text (2007) -
Throughout the reaches of the world characterized by long-term economic failure, governance has generally been abysmal.
Academic text (2010) -
The Suns allowed 55 percent shooting and an abysmal 58 percent from three-point land.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Not good in quality or below the usual standard
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and often serious
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1.5
Very bad or frightening in a way that makes you feel upset
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
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4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
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7.5
Very bad or of low quality
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8.9
Very bad and obvious in a way that shocks people
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6.7
Low quality and unpleasant
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3.9
So bad or weak that people feel angry and look down on it
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6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
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8.4
Very bad and unpleasant
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4.4
Not as good as the best, often cheap or simple
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7.0
Being very bad and of low quality
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7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
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4.4
Not as good as the usual or required quality
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8.4
Very shameful and deserving strong dislike
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4.5
Not as good as people expect
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9.9
Very bad or disappointing
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3.9
Not very good or likely to attract attention
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5.5
Very bad in quality or condition
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8.2
Very bad and unpleasant, of poor quality
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6.4
Lower than the normal level in amount or quality
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4.3
A very bad or shocking thing, often a poor story
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8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
Not very good in quality or condition
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Etymology
Abysmal also came to mean 'extremely bad'. It comes from abyss meaning 'bottomless deep', so people used abysmal for things so bad they felt bottomless or hopeless, and that is why it now means very bad.