The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ABYSMAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ABYSMAL
- Dreadful article: Times hits back
- Terrible Barnaby's maladjusted to some extent
- Dreadful cooked lamb, say
- Very poor baby, small, uncovered
- Stewed lamb, say, is awful
- Horrible baby’s malodorous sample
- A little baby, small and woeful
- Very bad baby’s malodorous clothes
- Lamb, say, is perhaps unfathomable
- Lousy letters from Lamb, say
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The straight part
We know that "unfathomable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unfathomable = abysmal.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABYSMAL mean?
ABYSMAL adjective- Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
- Extremely bad; terrible.