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His decision to quit is regrettable.
It was a regrettable mistake.
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Manufacturers may replace legacy PFAS with less understood regrettable substitutes—chemicals that are slightly different from the more common PFAS but are likely just as harmful to health and the environment.
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 11 June 2024
Maybe that’s not quite right, but this powerful 1970s duet featuring the big man and Ellen Foley on vocals and some play-by-play announcing is a testament to the more amorous and ultimately regrettable uses some folks have put their automobiles through.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
But much like Air Bud playing basketball, as depicted on the show in a regrettable sketch last month, there’s nothing in the rulebook against it.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
Climate change, of course, plays a regrettable role in all of this.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 11 June 2024
Maybe that’s not quite right, but this powerful 1970s duet featuring the big man and Ellen Foley on vocals and some play-by-play announcing is a testament to the more amorous and ultimately regrettable uses some folks have put their automobiles through.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
But much like Air Bud playing basketball, as depicted on the show in a regrettable sketch last month, there’s nothing in the rulebook against it.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
Climate change, of course, plays a regrettable role in all of this.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
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“Regrettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regrettable. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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regrettable
adjective
re·gret·ta·ble
ri-ˈgret-ə-bəl 
: deserving regret
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