severe
Example Sentences
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Many buildings have fallen into severe disrepair because rents don’t cover rising maintenance costs, property taxes, insurance premiums, debt payments and utilities.
Sepa also has nine less severe flood alerts in place throughout various parts of Scotland.
From BBC
A severe market shortage accompanied by sky-high prices would normally compel manufacturers to sharply boost their production.
An expert told BBC Persian that the current shutdown is more severe than that imposed during the "Women, Life, Freedom" uprising three years ago.
From BBC
Supporters say it could raise $100 billion over five years, to be spent mostly on public education, food assistance and California’s medicaid program, which face severe cutbacks thanks to federal budget-cutting.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
