woefully

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Dr Rob Williams, president of the BVA, welcomed the move, calling the legislation "woefully outdated".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Opting to pursue enterprise customers, Anthropic seemed woefully behind OpenAI in the consumer realm — until now.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

The result is that many are woefully unprepared for surviving—let alone thriving—in their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

In their first chase of the tournament, India's batting came up woefully short in the face of some disciplined South Africa bowling.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

In what had been organized labor’s first test of how much power it would yield in the wake of World War I, it had come up woefully short.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler