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egregious

/əˈɡɹiː.dʒi.əs/adjective

Standing out as remarkably bad; shockingly obvious in a negative way.

Example sentence

  • Serving expired food to customers is an egregious violation of health rules.

Once meant remarkably good; centuries of ironic use flipped it. Now standard with 'error', 'violation', and 'example'.

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