as in deep
extending far downward
a desperate cry echoing from the abysmal reaches of the cave
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Nippon Steel is a Japanese company with a track record that's abysmal for workers.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Collectively, the Yankees are an abysmal .186 as a team compared to .248 in the regular season.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The man that will assuredly win the AL MVP has been a shadow of his former self at the plate going just 1-12 over three games with 1 walk and an abysmal 7 strikeouts.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Though no bombs fell there in the early months of the war, there was little protection from the elements, and the sanitary conditions were abysmal.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Collectively, the Yankees are an abysmal .186 as a team compared to .248 in the regular season.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The man that will assuredly win the AL MVP has been a shadow of his former self at the plate going just 1-12 over three games with 1 walk and an abysmal 7 strikeouts.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Though no bombs fell there in the early months of the war, there was little protection from the elements, and the sanitary conditions were abysmal.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Abysmal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abysmal. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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