wretched

adj. miserable, aperreado, arrastrado, desarrapado, desastrado, desgraciado, desmedrado, destartalado, desventurado, estragado, infeliz, lastimero, maltrecho, mísero

infeliz | miserable | deplorable | execrable | maldito | desgraciado

Def: Generalmente implica fuerza
Ex: When these studies are wrenched from their historical contexts the readers are given an impoverished version of the development of the field.

Ex: A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.
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*live + wretched existence = llevar una vida miserable

(adj.) = lamentable, desgraciado, maldito
Ex: A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.
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* live + wretched existence = llevar una vida miserable

(v.) = arrancar de, extraer de, sacar de

Def: Generalmente implica fuerza.
Ex: When these studies are wrenched from their historical contexts the readers are given an impoverished version of the development of the field.