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How to pronounce “abysmal”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of abysmal with real speech in context.
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- The Value of Stories in Business
Operating margins are abysmal.
- Definition summary
- (now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
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How to pronounce abysmal
The Value of Stories in Business

Operating margins are abysmal.
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Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- (figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.
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