How to Use "woeful" with Example Sentences

1. In both countries a woeful 51 % of people under 25 were jobless .
2. Mitt romney callsiran " the greatest threat we face " and accuses mr obama of a woeful failure to understand the danger .
3. First , the government needs to acknowledge that its attempts to sell road pricing have been pretty woeful .
4. In truth , labour did not ignore problems such as drugs and woeful schooling .
5. The move underlines the woeful state of european venture capital , which has underperformed other parts of the private equity market , which includes big leveraged buy-outs , mid - market deals and growth capital .