This is the 18812th most frequent Korean word.
실정이었다
"It was the actual situation."
실정이었다 is used to describe a state or reality that was present and undesirable or mismatched to the situation.
그 정책은 당시 경제 상황에 부합하지 않는 실정이었다.
That policy was inconsistent with the economic situation at the time.
실정이었다 here signals a negative state or fault/mistake in the management approach.
회사가 예상보다 더 많은 손해를 본 것은 그 경영 방식의 실정이었다.
The fact that the company incurred more losses than expected was a shortcoming of the management approach.
실정이었다 is applied to underline a failing or deficit in how the educational system functioned.