deplorably
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Just because they haven’t succeeded, and they’re deplorably bad at it, does that mean we shouldn’t worry, or doesn’t it matter how bad you are at it.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
Commendably diverse and deplorably unscary, Patrick Brice’s teen-slasher movie, “There’s Someone Inside Your House,” attempts to both update and bow to a genre that peaked decades ago.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
And for decades, the Pac-12 has been the unquestioned leader in diversity hiring in college football, where the national canvass has been deplorably white.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
He apologised "unreservedly" for the offence his "deplorably inflammatory" words had caused, saying he has spoken last month "with awful clumsiness".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2020
The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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