Definition of woefully | Bee Dictionary of English

Not that Mexico's woefully undertrained and underpaid cops are that hard a mark.
It's true that France has been woefully unresponsive to banlieue aspirations.
But this skillful piece of rhetoric underlines the realization that has propelled philosophy ever since: that human knowledge is woefully limited.

Review finds forests held in trust for Indian tribes woefully underfunded
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Forests held in trust for Indian tribes across the nation are woefully underfunded by the federal government, according to a report issued Thursday by a panel of experts.
June 13, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Report: Forests on Indian reservations underfunded
A panel of experts says forests held in trust for Indian tribes across the nation are woefully underfunded by the federal government. The congressionally mandated report for the Intertribal Timber Council was released Thursday at the group's annual meeting on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. It found that tribal forests receive about a half of the funding per acre provided national ...
June 13, 2013 - WISC-TV Madison
Team Daddy FTW
When the baby was born, my cousin Regina generously passed on some baby clothes for him to wear, since we were woefully unprepared in that department. I was very grateful for this wardrobe, although, my husband had one quibble with it. The clothes were decidedly pro-Mommy: Not that Steve was anti-Mommy, but he just felt a little bit left out. So, for Christmas, "the baby" (i.e. me) bought ...
June 13, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

John Boehner in San Jose Mercury News
This legislation falls woefully short,said House GOP Leader John Boehner of Ohio. "With a price tag of more than"
Max Baucus in USA Today
Without the dollars the program provides, rural schools, roadways and even emergency services would be woefully underfunded,Baucus said.
Charles Schumer in International Herald Tribune
And Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, added that "the FDA should have identified this contaminant before it hit US shores and caused so many health problems for patients. The agency's ability to perform foreign inspections is woefully inadequate. We...