1 (of a bad situation) extremely; very:
Medical resources were woefully inadequate during the emergency.
The staff was woefully underpaid and thoroughly demoralized.
Thus, a theoretical perspective on culture that minimizes or assumes process would be woefully inadequate.
It would be woefully premature to herald the return of precolonial history to the mainstream academic fold.
As a result, held up against historical realities, his analysis of the dynamics and output of the music industry is woefully reductive.
Government forces were stationed at key points but woefully ill-arrayed for battle.
Not only was the police department woefully under-resourced but it was also dominated by racially prejudiced white officers.
The analysis of crust is woefully inadequate and again points to the need for ethnography since this is among the least documented aspects of punk.
The amount of nutrition available in these households was woefully deficient.
This is an exercise which falls woefully short of being able to think of better worlds that contain free agents.
