abysmal

"We don't want Canada to be complicit in this treatment, and the potential result that they could be sent to any number of countries with their own abysmal human rights record," he tells the BBC.

The fact that only one in five women in urban areas report such crimes is pretty darn bad; that only two women in 100 do in rural areas is abysmal.

The cannabis industry, however, argues that while the causes the tax supports may be worthwhile, market conditions are so abysmal that it cannot weather an increase.

Approval made in abysmal ignorance is hardly informed consent.

Even in this abysmal situation, there are flickers of positivity for the Chargers.