adj. Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
adj. Outrageously bad.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Above the common; beyond what is usual; extraordinary.
Now, more commonly in a bad or condemnatory sense, extreme; enormous.
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adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Word Usage
"That's why Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke protested Tuesday what he described as "egregious errors" in some reports, and released a staff memo with details."