variants
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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Instead, in a woeful start to what has been a career-worst season, the 33-year-old is looking even more lost than ever before.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
Doncic also shot 6-of-20 from the field and was woeful from 3 once again, only making two of his nine attempts behind the arc.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
Doncic also shot 6-of-20 from the field and was woeful from 3 once again, only making two of his nine attempts behind the arc.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024
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“Woeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woeful. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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