lamentable
adjective
also ˈla-mən-
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also ˈla-mən- \
adverb
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aching, agonized, anguished, bemoaning, bewailing, bitter, deploring, doleful, dolesome, dolorous, funeral, grieving, heartbroken, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, plangent, regretful, rueful, sorrowful, sorry, wailing, weeping, woeful
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That lamentable ship that arrived with its human cargo in 1619 was a Portuguese vessel bound for what is now Mexico. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 22 Aug. 2019 The more shows like This Way Up emerge, the more the current TV business model of paying squillions of dollars to questionably credentialed hitmakers seems lamentable. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "This Way Up Is a Bountiful Binge Watch," 22 Aug. 2019 In San Francisco, there has been a notable and lamentable lack of opportunity for the higher education of women, the Rt. — Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, "Atop Lone Mountain, the history of SF’s first women’s college lives on," 19 June 2019 Not all of these ideas were palatable — the conference’s foray into ice hockey has been lamentable — but most have been wildly successful. — John Shipley, Twin Cities, "John Shipley: Under Jim Delany, Big Ten grew into a beast," 5 June 2019 Yet even those lamentable losses proved far less costly than any large global war. — Jeffrey A. Engel, Twin Cities, "Jeffrey Engel: The lesson of D-Day for Americans today," 6 June 2019 All those involved share responsibility for the fiasco and its lamentable consequences for millions of Americans. — Robert M. Gates, WSJ, "To End the Shutdown, Try Thinking Big on Immigration," 18 Jan. 2019 That seems a little hasty, given workers’ lamentable fortunes in recent decades. — The Economist, "The rich world needs higher real wage growth," 30 June 2018 The Lakers are steaming toward a new future, with little tying them to the lamentable recent past. — Greg Beacham, The Seattle Times, "LeBron’s arrival transforms Lakers back into glamour show," 3 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lamentable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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