dismally

dismal | American Dictionary

dismal
adjective
us/ˈdɪz·məl/
dark and sad, without hope, or very bad:
The trip was a dismal failure.

dismal | Business English

dismal
adjective
uk /ˈdɪzməl/us
very bad:
In January, after a dismal holiday sales season, the retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
dismal picture/news/outlookAnother damper on investment is the dismal picture for corporate profits.
Investors may be deterred by the dismal performance of telecoms shares in recent weeks.

Examples of dismal

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The story for southern labour was equally dismal.
In fact, all four explanations are probably involved in the dismal growth record of resource-rich countries, with their relative importance varying from country to country.
Negative moods were represented as 'sad and not exciting', 'it was very dismal', 'very depressing'.
The inability to restructure the national guard in this manner had dismal long-term consequences for that military force.
They, the clans, never gave each other credit for trying; it had to be the exact way or else it was a dismal failure.
At the tertiary level, achievement records are no less dismal.
Excluded from these data were babies who had chromosomal abnormalities with dismal prognosis, but their referrals would have no impact on the policy of management.
Luckily, we do not have to choose between these two dismal options, of rational egoism or commitment to an unjust form of group agency.
After the damp, dismal autumn and the cold winter here you are, young again and full of happiness.
The vision, he commented, was 'dismal, but deeply felt'.
The fact that the experiments in this direction have been such dismal failures so far points to the difficulties involved.
Many such schools or orphanages underfed the children, provided dismal housing and offered rags as clothing and bedding.
Their longsuffering populations endured high unemployment and poverty, dwindling incomes, dismal politicians and uncertain futures.
Anyone, approaching the matter from the humanistic standpoint, must condemn this as a dismal definition of the ' ' good life.
The dismal longterm survival of pancreatic cancer is a result of the relatively late stage of presentation of the disease.
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