depressingly obvious
Frequency: 6.88.2 per million words
Used to describe something that is very clear or evident in a sad or negative way.
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Examples (20)
- It was depressingly obvious that no one had read the report.
- It was depressingly obvious that their efforts were in vain.
- The lack of progress on the project was depressingly obvious.
- The outcome of the negotiation was depressingly obvious long before it ended.
- From his expression, it became depressingly obvious that we had lost.
- She found his lack of enthusiasm depressingly obvious.
- The final score of the game was depressingly obvious long before the end.
- The solution to the problem, once explained, seemed depressingly obvious.
- The reason for the plant's decline was depressingly obvious: a total lack of water.
- He noted with a sigh that the error was depressingly obvious in hindsight.
- She realized with a sigh that the solution to her problem was depressingly obvious.
- The fact that they were unprepared became depressingly obvious as the presentation began.
- The truth behind his excuses has become depressingly obvious to everyone.
- It's depressingly obvious that some people still cling to outdated beliefs.
- It's depressingly obvious that they are not going to change their minds.
- The final result was depressingly obvious, leaving no room for hope.
- The gap between the rich and the poor in the city is depressingly obvious.
- They ignored the depressingly obvious signs until it was too late.
- The outcome of the election was, to many, depressingly obvious.
- The lack of progress in the project was depressingly obvious to everyone involved.