The phrase "abysmal response" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a response that is extremely poor or unsatisfactory, often in a critical context.
Example: "The customer service team received an abysmal response to their inquiry, leaving many customers frustrated."
Alternatives: "terrible reply" or "atrocious feedback".
A1 A panel of House Republicans began an inquiry into what its chairman described as the "largely abysmal" government response to Hurricane Katrina as Louisiana's Congressional delegation proposed a broad recovery plan they estimated would cost $250 billion.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 - A panel of House Republicans began an inquiry on Thursday into what its chairman described as the "largely abysmal" government response to Hurricane Katrina as Louisiana's Congressional delegation proposed a broad recovery plan they estimated would cost $250 billion.
"The time has come and gone for the Orange County District Attorney's Office to adopt transparency and accountability as its guiding principles, but their abysmal and evasive response to our Public Records Act request only raises further questions of exactly what they are hiding from the public".
— MICHAEL D. SHEAR Mr. Santorum said President Obama's policy in Latin America was "abysmal," singling out his response to a coup that removed the president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya.
Even there the response was abysmal.
In the aftermath of the storm, the response was abysmal for some: relief agencies took days to deliver supplies to those in need.
Despite this, the initial results from TNF phase 1 studies were abysmal with 2.2% response in 566 patients treated in a multitude of different schedules.
The School Construction Authority was created by the Legislature in 1988 in response to the abysmal performance of the Board of Education's school facilities division.
