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egregious

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Definition: (adj.) obviously bad; ridiculously wrong

Also Known As:

preposterous; badly mistaken

Examples:

The embarrassed teacher had committed an egregious spelling error on the board.

In a Quote

...in short, this blustering and awful personage was one of the most egregious cowards in existence...
Charles Dickens, Pickwick Papers

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