Meaning & use
egregious
Extremely bad, shocking, or noticeable in a negative way; outstandingly wrong or offensive.
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The referee's egregious mistake completely changed the outcome of the final match.
It was an egregious violation of the company's safety rules, and management could not ignore it.
A note on using this word
Egregious is a strong, formal word reserved for errors or wrongs so bad they are impossible to overlook, not for ordinary mistakes.
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