Egregious

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Est. 1828
Word of the Day : August 3, 2025
egregious

adjective ih-GREE-juss
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What It Means
Egregious is a formal word used to describe things that are conspicuously bad.

// Leaving one’s phone on during a performance is an egregious breach of theater etiquette.

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egregious in Context
“When a cutting-edge A.I. misbehaves in a particularly egregious way, it can seem shocking. Our instinct is to anthropomorphize the system and ask, ‘What kind of twisted mind would work like that?’” — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 June 2025


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