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execrable
EK-si-kruh-bul
adjective
absolutely inferior; very bad; hateful
1789Jane AustenLove and FriendshipOh! consider that a few weeks will at once put an end to every flattering Hope that you may now entertain, by uniting the unfortunate Victim of her father's Cruelty to the execrable and detested Graham.1897E. W. HornungDead Men Tell No TalesThat, however, will surprise you the less when I pause to declare that I have paid as much as four shillings and sixpence for half a loaf of execrable bread; that my mate and I, between us, seldom took more than a few pennyweights of gold-dust in any one day; and never once struck pick into nugget, big or little, though we had the mortification of inspecting the 'mammoth masses' of which we found the papers full on landing, and which had brought the gold-fever to its height during our very voyage.1981James ClavellNoble House'Where ship now?' Four Finger Wu had asked in execrable pidgin English.

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