deplorable condition
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
Used to describe a situation or state that is shockingly bad or unacceptable.
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- The refugees were living in deplorable conditions with no access to clean water.
- The old school building was in a deplorable condition and had to be closed.
- Animal rights activists exposed the deplorable conditions at the puppy mill.
- Many factory workers in the 19th century endured deplorable conditions.
- After years of neglect, the historic park was in a deplorable condition.
- The report highlighted the deplorable conditions of the rural clinics.
- The country's economy is in a deplorable condition after the civil war.
- I was shocked to see the deplorable condition of the public restrooms.
- The investigation found that the prisoners were being held in deplorable conditions.
- It's a shame that such a beautiful monument has been left in such a deplorable condition.