lamentable
adjective
that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate.
lamentably
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a word derived from
lamentable.
Example Sentences
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Rangers had so much possession but were lamentably dull in their use of it.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
The ones in Professor Shugerman’s essay, lamentably, are not even legally persuasive.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
But, lamentably, spyware system developers persist on an international scale.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
In keeping with that approach, many health officials believe the vaccine machinery is in place to meet what they expect, lamentably, to be tepid demand this fall.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
On the left were four small logs, one of them the farthest lamentably springy.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
