as in blatant
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
the student's theme was marred by a number of egregious errors in spelling
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Recent Examples of egregious
Other adaptations have more egregious concerns.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
By the mid-1850s, electoral fraud by pro-slavery advocates was particularly egregious in the Kansas territory.
—Time, 5 Sep. 2025
There have been more egregious Hollywood glow-ups than that of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring movies, but how many of those have also been so insidiously appealing?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
This egregious act is reprehensible and never should have occurred.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
By the mid-1850s, electoral fraud by pro-slavery advocates was particularly egregious in the Kansas territory.
—Time, 5 Sep. 2025
There have been more egregious Hollywood glow-ups than that of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring movies, but how many of those have also been so insidiously appealing?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
This egregious act is reprehensible and never should have occurred.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for egregious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egregious
Adjective
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This administration is responsible for the most blatant attacks on the free press in American history.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
18 Sep. 2025
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Guardiola turned to his bench and shook his head after what was surely the most blatant foul of the season.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Even as the calendar flipped to September and the clinch appeared obvious, the idea of October was sidestepped.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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That equality, and the diminishment of obvious markers—peculiar clothes, a strange language, obscure traditions—could be disturbing, and not just to conservative rabbis who saw their authority fading.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite Intel’s desperation for both the injection of capital and a signal of government support, most striking in the unprecedented events of this summer was the glaring omission of any government ability to exert control or influence.—
Andrew King,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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The amendment’s most glaring weakness lies in Section 4, which addresses presidential incapacity when the president cannot or will not acknowledge their disability.—
Lynn Schmidt,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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Reyes was booked into jail on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, police said.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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Wedding Words' monthly revenue was over $8,000 in August, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It, and the company consistently brings in six figures in gross revenue each year.—
Sophie Caldwell,
CNBC,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Egregious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egregious. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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