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or less commonly woful
1
: full of woe : grievous
woeful prophecies
2
: involving or bringing woe
3
: lamentably bad or serious : deplorable
woeful ignorance
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Examples of woeful in a Sentence
The puppy had woeful eyes.
The student's grades were woeful.
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What better test than bottom-of-the-league Southampton, who headed into the game in woeful form — just one win in 20 matches with a goal difference of -32?
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Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Barkley was on pace to beat Dickerson’s historic mark, but Eagles coach Nick Sirianni held him out of their Week 18 game against the woeful Giants.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
There were discipline problems, strategy problems, and the red-flag challenge issues remain woeful.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Things seemed to reach a boiling point after the team’s 20-17 loss to the woeful Panthers in Germany.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Barkley was on pace to beat Dickerson’s historic mark, but Eagles coach Nick Sirianni held him out of their Week 18 game against the woeful Giants.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
There were discipline problems, strategy problems, and the red-flag challenge issues remain woeful.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Things seemed to reach a boiling point after the team’s 20-17 loss to the woeful Panthers in Germany.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Woeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woeful. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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