The only reason he hadn't spoken to him was the man's abysmal failure to find the penetrator of the system.
It was such an abysmal failure that it received only one performance.
You've tried it with the Democrats, both houses; that was abysmal failure.
Blame for the abysmal failure should be focused on those who have the power to act.
The novel was "an abysmal failure with the reading public."
The efforts of this company were an abysmal failure.
"By any measure, this has become just an abysmal failure."
It's a bit like comprehensive education which has been tried for 30 years but proved to be an abysmal failure.
Our 'war on drugs' has been an abysmal failure.
"How did Stesha take the news of your abysmal failure?"