The Clue
Deplorably bad (8 letter answer)
The Answer
WRETCHED
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Notes
The answer WRETCHED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
WRETCHED as an adjective:
1. (deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched) = of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
2. (miserable, wretched) = characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
3. (miserable, suffering, wretched) = very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
4. (despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched) = morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
5. (hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched) = deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"