Other civic amenities such as electricity, roads, water, sanitation, transportation are all in abysmal state.

The Russian economy was in an abysmal state.

Some zombies were relatively fresh, but others were in abysmal state.

Another article about the abysmal state of science teaching in our schools

Alfred undoubtedly exaggerated for dramatic effect the abysmal state of learning in England during his youth.

There is a historic explanation for the abysmal state of Chinese cuisine in the United States.

But it had a long way to go, for aside from the military complex, it was in an abysmal state.

It also provides $350 million to improve the abysmal state of defense representation that so often undermines justice in death penalty cases.

That, gentlemen, is an abysmal state of affairs that cannot be tolerated.

I merely want to point out that this abysmal state of affairs is not just a weakness in the market.