lamentable
[luh-men-tuh-buh l, lam-uh n-tuh-]
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Origin of lamentable
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Examples from the Web for lamentable
Contemporary Examples
I find it lamentable that Peter has compromised his journalistic integrity through such false claims.
The very fact Gen. Forest's name is still on a park in the 21st century in a city such as Memphis is lamentable.
I am actually—hold on to your hats—going to South Carolina, of all lamentable places, on a vacation soon.
It would be lamentable indeed if such prudery moved us to a two-tiered, gender-segregated system of medical care.
Newt Gingrich faults big government for the lamentable absence of manned stations on the moon.
Historical Examples
One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
Had he—Page—come by chance on a secret,—dramatic and lamentable!
The Coryston FamilyMrs. Humphry Ward
There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable.
War is KindStephen Crane
The two figures, of a muddy grey in tint, stood out, lamentable.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
It's hideous, it's lamentable and grotesque; you'll end by seeing so yourself.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
lamentable
- wretched, deplorable, or distressing
- an archaic word for mournful
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Word Origin and History for lamentable
adj.
c.1400, from Middle French lamentable and directly from Latin lamentabilis "full of sorrow, mournful, lamentable," from lamentari "to lament" (see lamentation). Related: Lamentably.
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