Factories were indeed miserable and the urban poor were overworked and underfed.
From the economist.com
I hope it fires them up and these miserable journalists have to eat their words.
From the guardian.co.uk
The new security forces sometimes also make life miserable for the local people.
From the dailyherald.com
I guess deep, deep down, Hefner just wants to be as miserable as the rest of us.
From the cqnews.com.au
He finished with 19 points but shot a miserable 1-of-7 from the free-throw line.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
No can't imagine why the general populous of the UK are getting a tad miserable.
From the independent.co.uk
We prefer to watch programmes that make us miserable like Eastenders and Corrie.
From the tv.uk.msn.com
It is difficult to see this collaboration in terms other than miserable failure.
From the guardian.co.uk
I wish you could have considered how miserable you are before rating this movie.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
Very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
Hapless: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
Abject: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
Deplorable: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
Characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
Measly: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
(miserableness) misery: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
(miserably) in a miserable manner; "I bit my lip miserably and nodded"
"Miserable" is a song from Lit's album A Place in the Sun. It was the third single released from the album. It also had an accompanying music video directed by Evan Bernard, produced by Keeley Gould, in which the band performed the track on a larger than life Pamela Anderson. ...