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"profound" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe a profound thought, feeling, or idea. Example sentence: His profound insights into the human condition have enlightened many.
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Profound
adjective
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
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Each of the previous waves had come in response to a profound shift in the real economy.
"I know part of Christian faith is forgiveness but another part of Christian faith is calling people to be their best selves... whether that justifies what has apparently been done is open to profound questions".
"It is clear that whatever Mr Novak experienced in Iraq had a profound effect on him," Folk said.
By this I mean profound ignorance of the formation of the brain in early years and the effects of neglect and trauma.
But at the same time, those recent warnings from the internet pioneer Vint Cerf about storage technologies becoming obsolete and the advent of a "digital dark age" highlight a profound fear: precious things are now only a corrupted hard drive or system upgrade away from being lost, for good.
The simple eloquence of that vulnerable foot in its scuffed shoe reminds me of the profound eloquence of the cow's eye, the photograph with which Jane discovered her calling all those years ago as a student just out of the Wrens, alone and unsure of where life would take her.
It is a profound, complex letter, as brutal as it is tender, as Catholic as it is reformed, as conservative as it is radical.
I also welcome the letter as a profound contribution by the church to the political life of our nation.
The Snowden revelations halfway through the last parliament led to profound discussions about surveillance, privacy and the extent of any necessity to inspect or retain personal data.
"With the profound social, economic and moral crisis that Europe is in, we can see a similar process of disintegration".
That suggests a profound dysfunction in the labour market, the education system or the benefits safety net – or all three.
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