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/ɪɡɹˈiːdʒəs/
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[ US /ɪˈɡɹidʒəs/ ]
[ US /ɪˈɡɹidʒəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
a glaring error
rank treachery
gross ineptitude
flagrant violation of human rights
gross injustice
a crying shame
an egregious lie
How To Use egregious In A Sentence
- That's why he's egregiously unqualified for the job.
- The most egregious example is in payment protection insurance. Times, Sunday Times
- Massachusetts, which they called Vineland, and how the Mexican empire had some knowledge of Accadian astronomy, people are beginning to discover that Columbus himself was after all an egregious humbug. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
- Campanella begins by looking back to when planning was a profession known for visionaries such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Daniel Burnham, and John Nolan, and then describes how in the postwar years planners "aided and abetted some of the most egregious acts of urban vandalism in American history," i.e., urban renewal. Frank Gruber: Planning and Building for the Future, Dead: Round Up the Usual Suspects
- Seriously the media's coverage of women in politics is so egregiously pathetic. Submitted Without Comment (Blog for Democracy)
- That's why Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke protested Tuesday what he described as "egregious errors" in some reports, and released a staff memo with details. Separating Fact From Fiction on the Fed's Loans
- Have you ever worried that people are grousing about the egregious errors of your judgment?
- That's the kind of service recovery you'd expect from a decent company, especially after being publicly outed for egregious customer abuse.
- Football is often a particularly egregious example of human reason gone wrong but it is by no means alone. Times, Sunday Times
- Here are the final 15 words competitors were asked to spell at the Camera Regional Spelling Bee. vicariously propellable surrealist cosmetician duncical plummet absolution comandante roodebok dachshund egregious archipelago Boulder Daily Camera Most Viewed