wretched
adjective/ˈrɛtʃɪd/
Frequency rank: #8,919 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Extremely unhappy, unfortunate, or of very poor quality.
Example sentence
The refugees lived in wretched conditions, with no clean water or shelter.
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