abysmal failure

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Failure that is total and extreme in measure or implication. The business was an abysmal failure, and everyone was out of a job within a month.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Karan	['kærən]
Radu	-	Romanian
Theodora	[θiə'dɔ:rə]
Christiaan	KRIS-tee-ah:n	Dutch
Olyvia	ə-LIV-ee-ə	English (Rare)
Gerald	JER-əld (English), GE-rahlt (German)	English, German