The phrase "a woeful one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is unfortunate, sad, or regrettable, often in a literary or expressive context.
Example: "The story of the lost city was a woeful one, filled with tales of despair and longing."
Alternatives: "a tragic tale" or "a lamentable situation."
Watford were beginning to press forward but, when the goal came, it was a woeful one.
Scores: Craig 4, Len 6, Alesha 6, Bruno 6. 9.37pm: Bruce makes a woeful "One Foot In The Gravy" gag to introduce Lynda Bellingham.
We didn't top the group, and in one sense, England have got away with murder with an unspectacular performance against the US and then a woeful one against Algeria.
That said, if the Hurricanes couldn't make it happen early last year in the Metropolitan (when it was truly woeful), one wonders whether they can do it this time, now that practically everyone else has improved.
C11 Sports A WOEFUL INAUGURAL SEASON Carries With It Big Hopes The first season for the Oklahoma City Thunder, previously known as the Seattle SuperSonics, has been a brutal one.
These games, which came in the heat of a playoff race and in the postseason, against top opponents like New England and woeful ones like Buffalo and Kansas City, demonstrate the downside of counting on scramble-and-heave heroics to provide nearly 100 percent of a team's offense.
As a former BBC religious affairs correspondent, I reported on some fine debates, as well as some woeful ones.
This is a woeful underestimate since one part of Facebook, FarmVille, may soon be worth a billion and it is already capitalised at more than $4bn.
Over their last 10 games, the Rangers are a woeful 3 for 48 on their power play, which is one of the main reasons they are 6-9-2-0 6-9-2-0 6-9-2-0 6-9-2-0
Outdoors in the snow, a woman who has pulled her panties to her knees holds her blouse above her breasts while a man with a woeful face holds her and cups one hand under the collapse of her scarred stomach.
It is, of course, a woeful estimator, being very over-fitted: it has one parameter per observation, and no constraints.
