Egregious
adjective
Extremely bad or not acceptable.
We made some egregious errors during the final test
Often appears as...
- egregious error
- egregious mistake
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Exceptionally good.
His egregious generosity made him a local hero
Often appears as...
- egregious generosity
- egregious virtue
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Archaic
adjective
Extremely bad or not acceptable.
We made some egregious errors during the final test
Often appears as...
- egregious error
- egregious mistake
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Exceptionally good.
His egregious generosity made him a local hero
Often appears as...
- egregious generosity
- egregious virtue
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Archaic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Use 'egregious' to emphasize the severity and negativity of a situation or action.
His behavior at the party was egregious, causing everyone to leave early.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Minor Mistakes
Reserve 'egregious' for very serious mistakes, not for small or common errors.
Forgetting her birthday was an egregious oversight in their relationship.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Disapproval
'Egregious' often conveys a strong sense of disapproval or condemnation.
The judge described the defendant's conduct as egregious and sentenced him accordingly.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Use 'egregious' to emphasize the severity and negativity of a situation or action.
His behavior at the party was egregious, causing everyone to leave early.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Minor Mistakes
Reserve 'egregious' for very serious mistakes, not for small or common errors.
Forgetting her birthday was an egregious oversight in their relationship.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Disapproval
'Egregious' often conveys a strong sense of disapproval or condemnation.
The judge described the defendant's conduct as egregious and sentenced him accordingly.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Use 'egregious' to emphasize the severity and negativity of a situation or action.
His behavior at the party was egregious, causing everyone to leave early.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Minor Mistakes
Reserve 'egregious' for very serious mistakes, not for small or common errors.
Forgetting her birthday was an egregious oversight in their relationship.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Disapproval
'Egregious' often conveys a strong sense of disapproval or condemnation.
The judge described the defendant's conduct as egregious and sentenced him accordingly.
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Does money make you...
Here I've plotted for you the mean household income received by each fifth and top five percent of the population over the last 20 years. In 1993, the differences between the different quintiles of the population, in terms of income, are fairly egregious. It's not difficult to discern that there are differences.
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
the crude face of domination. Wherever you look around the world, you discover that these are not cultures destined to fade away; these are dynamic living peoples being driven out of existence by identifiable forces that are beyond their capacity to adapt whether it's the egregious deforestation
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How conscious investors...
And the way they make money, the way they create value, is by getting management of corporations to make changes. Now, some will argue that the changes they create, the value they create, is too short-term in nature. And others will say the tactics they use are egregious.
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Advocating for gender...
hapless levels of women at the peace table virtually that has not improved over the last decade and above all the ghastly contagion of rape and sexual violence in so many societies indeed perhaps Michelle Bachelet will begin with the most egregious dimensions of
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Tracee Ellis Ross: A...
There's a culture of men helping themselves to women, and in this case, in a seemingly innocuous way, where a woman's body is like a "Get out of the way so I can get to the fries" -- to the most egregious, violent
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Bianca Tylek: The...
Her son was in prison and paying for phone calls often meant she couldn't afford her light bill. See, families can pay as much as a dollar a minute to speak to a loved one in prison or jail. These egregious rates
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Eben Bayer: Are...
but are made from crop waste and are totally compostable at the end of their lives. But first, I need to talk to you about what I consider one of the most egregious offenders in the disposable plastics category.
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Would you raise the bird...
But in the most egregious cases of brood parasitism, why don’t host parents take a stand? In fact, hosts will often drive adult brood parasites away from their nests, and many take their defenses further.
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Interrogation or Child...
he's crying he is psychologically tortured this is a painful scene to watch this is an egregious interrogation absolutely awful interrogation the detectives highly coercive methods
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The difference between...
we can't immediately obviously cancel them. But I also think that there are people who do something so egregious
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Does money make you...
Here I've plotted for you the mean household income received by each fifth and top five percent of the population over the last 20 years. In 1993, the differences between the different quintiles of the population, in terms of income, are fairly egregious. It's not difficult to discern that there are differences.
Video examples
Wade Davis: Cultures at...
the crude face of domination. Wherever you look around the world, you discover that these are not cultures destined to fade away; these are dynamic living peoples being driven out of existence by identifiable forces that are beyond their capacity to adapt whether it's the egregious deforestation
Video examples
How conscious investors...
And the way they make money, the way they create value, is by getting management of corporations to make changes. Now, some will argue that the changes they create, the value they create, is too short-term in nature. And others will say the tactics they use are egregious.
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
hapless levels of women at the peace table virtually that has not improved over the last decade and above all the ghastly contagion of rape and sexual violence in so many societies indeed perhaps Michelle Bachelet will begin with the most egregious dimensions of
Video examples
Tracee Ellis Ross: A...
There's a culture of men helping themselves to women, and in this case, in a seemingly innocuous way, where a woman's body is like a "Get out of the way so I can get to the fries" -- to the most egregious, violent
Video examples
Bianca Tylek: The...
Her son was in prison and paying for phone calls often meant she couldn't afford her light bill. See, families can pay as much as a dollar a minute to speak to a loved one in prison or jail. These egregious rates
Video examples
Eben Bayer: Are...
but are made from crop waste and are totally compostable at the end of their lives. But first, I need to talk to you about what I consider one of the most egregious offenders in the disposable plastics category.
Video examples
Would you raise the bird...
But in the most egregious cases of brood parasitism, why don’t host parents take a stand? In fact, hosts will often drive adult brood parasites away from their nests, and many take their defenses further.
Video examples
Interrogation or Child...
he's crying he is psychologically tortured this is a painful scene to watch this is an egregious interrogation absolutely awful interrogation the detectives highly coercive methods
Video examples
The difference between...
we can't immediately obviously cancel them. But I also think that there are people who do something so egregious
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Quote examples
Robert Dallek
American Historian
Clinton's egregious act of self-indulgence was outdone by an impeachment based not on constitutionally required high crimes and misdemeanors but on a vindictive determination to bring down a president who had offended self-righteous moralists eager to put a different political agenda in place.
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Matt Gaetz
American Politician
In some egregious cases, cities built new stadiums even while their citizens were still paying off old stadiums that had since closed. This is corporate welfare run amok, and a gross misuse of American citizens' tax money - something the government must treat with respect.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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Abhijit Banerjee
American Economist
Corruption is a huge problem and the poor and the powerless are often its most egregious victims. But it is not an accident that the most effective bureaucracies in the world rely much more on internal controls rather than on independent ombudsmen.
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George Ripley
American Activist
If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit of the masses which is the crowning glory of the nineteenth century, they will soon discover their egregious mistake.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Part of the reason voter suppression works is we've created this culture that says you don't challenge the outcome of elections unless the act is so egregious as to be absolutely clear on its face.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
My experiences have also convinced me that sexual harassment is very rarely publicly punished after it is reported, and then only after a pattern of relatively egregious offenses.
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Rob Lowe
American Actor
Of the many horrors of divorce, the most egregious is that it robs a kid of the best of both worlds. Dads can do many things that even the best moms can't, and vice versa.
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Alfred Austin
English Poet
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.
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Ander Crenshaw
American Politician
The IRS should and must focus on the most important and most egregious and the most in need.
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Robert Dallek
American Historian
Clinton's egregious act of self-indulgence was outdone by an impeachment based not on constitutionally required high crimes and misdemeanors but on a vindictive determination to bring down a president who had offended self-righteous moralists eager to put a different political agenda in place.
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Matt Gaetz
American Politician
In some egregious cases, cities built new stadiums even while their citizens were still paying off old stadiums that had since closed. This is corporate welfare run amok, and a gross misuse of American citizens' tax money - something the government must treat with respect.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
Quote examples
Abhijit Banerjee
American Economist
Corruption is a huge problem and the poor and the powerless are often its most egregious victims. But it is not an accident that the most effective bureaucracies in the world rely much more on internal controls rather than on independent ombudsmen.
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George Ripley
American Activist
If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit of the masses which is the crowning glory of the nineteenth century, they will soon discover their egregious mistake.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Part of the reason voter suppression works is we've created this culture that says you don't challenge the outcome of elections unless the act is so egregious as to be absolutely clear on its face.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
My experiences have also convinced me that sexual harassment is very rarely publicly punished after it is reported, and then only after a pattern of relatively egregious offenses.
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Rob Lowe
American Actor
Of the many horrors of divorce, the most egregious is that it robs a kid of the best of both worlds. Dads can do many things that even the best moms can't, and vice versa.
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Alfred Austin
English Poet
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.
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Ander Crenshaw
American Politician
The IRS should and must focus on the most important and most egregious and the most in need.
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