Causing fear or dread or terror.
Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless.
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Examples for "desperate "
Examples for "desperate "
1 The third major issue facing the country is its desperate education crisis.
2 No matter how desperate the military situation, he must answer his mail.
3 But we're still far from mass production, and the situation is desperate .
4 Swansea City continue their desperate search for form at home to Bournemouth.
5 The conditions for displaced people within Kosovo were now desperate , NATO said.
1 For foreign investors who held French banknotes the situation was particularly dire .
2 All of this exacerbated the dire financial situation of the new government.
3 It's not going to result in dire consequences, but it's not good.
4 Wood said the United States wanted to help people in dire need.
5 He said most people understood that the situation in Iraq was dire .
6 On the production side Mexico's oil industry is in dire straits, however.
7 The implications for the economy and Ireland's relations with Europe are dire .
8 Either way, his current situation was even more dire than her own.
9 The country's dire economic situation has caused shortages of food and medicine.
10 And even despite that payment, the energy crisis in Zimbabwe is dire .
11 Survival International, an indigenous tribe advocacy group, says the situation is dire .
12 The situation is dire for those not eligible for government welfare payments.
13 Ours is a dire situation and it is time to fight back.
14 A spokesman for the Rio police force said the situation was dire .
15 The major focus though should be on turning this dire situation around.
16 After seven years, the show is in dire need of a change.
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