egregious
outstandingly bad; conspicuously and shockingly wrong
Word origin: From Latin egregius, standing out from the flock, from grex, herd.
Egregious in a sentence
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The auditor flagged several egregious errors in the accounts.
The audit flagged several egregious accounting errors that no competent reviewer should have missed.
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The negotiator's reputation for blank served her well: rivals who tried to outwait her invariably found that she had already anticipated their stalling and arranged a fallback months in advance.
Using “egregious” well
Egregious denotes wrongdoing or error so conspicuous that it stands out as shocking. Although its Latin root once meant distinguished in a good way, modern usage is firmly negative.
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