This was just as well, given my abysmal lack of knowledge about the department's range of services.

"There was an abysmal lack of communication," he said.

It was rather an abysmal lack of physical prowess.

Do you really think it was more than just his abysmal lack of personality?

"The most frustrating aspect of this campaign against the Germans is our abysmal lack of reliable intelligence about them," Sulla said.

Such abysmal lack of judgment in Jerusalem calls into question the vaunted Mossad's effectiveness in the field.

I can't imagine how you could possibly want to stay married to me after I demonstrated such an abysmal lack of faith in you.

It was his abysmal lack of tact.

Perhaps this was in compensation for their abysmal lack of magic.

By themselves, these measures were responsible, given the abysmal lack of a social safety net.