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woeful

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woeful in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. of very poor quality or condition
    "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
    deplorable  execrable  miserable  woeful  wretched 
  2. affected by or full of grief or woe
    "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
    woebegone  woeful 
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