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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"We will come into work and find patients really suffering – in pain, breathless, agitated or with nausea and vomiting. It is hard to over-state how lamentably badly-resourced palliative care services are."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
The ones in Professor Shugerman’s essay, lamentably, are not even legally persuasive.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
Writer’s block has gone lamentably out of fashion, with people posting on the internet for free at all hours, the James Patterson conveyor belt, etc.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Also, amid breezes from cooler regions, we enjoyed an atmosphere so invigoratingly dry it seemed the sort of meteorological gift that shows up so lamentably seldom in a Washington summer.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Mr. Hancock had indeed found a smith to make it after Mr. Lapham failed so lamentably.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
