deplorable
adjective
de·plor·able
di-ˈplȯr-ə-bəl 
2
: lamentable
a deplorable death
deplorableness
noun
Examples of deplorable in a Sentence
we will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a house of worship
condemned the deplorable conditions in which the family was living
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Meanwhile, the onset of the rainy season has exacerbated already deplorable conditions, transforming dust into thick sludge, flooding fragile shelters, and bringing swarms of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Perhaps even more disturbing was the fact that Pringle and the executive committee also chose to ignore ADL’s deeply flawed methodology in hate crime reporting as well as its deplorable redefinition of antisemitism to include anti-Zionist activism.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Attorneys for detainees at the Everglades facility have called the conditions there deplorable, writing in a court filing that some detainees are showing symptoms of COVID-19 without being separated from the general population.
—Kate Payne, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
As co-chair of the public health committee, she’s heard stories of deplorable conditions in cities but not in her district.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Perhaps even more disturbing was the fact that Pringle and the executive committee also chose to ignore ADL’s deeply flawed methodology in hate crime reporting as well as its deplorable redefinition of antisemitism to include anti-Zionist activism.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Attorneys for detainees at the Everglades facility have called the conditions there deplorable, writing in a court filing that some detainees are showing symptoms of COVID-19 without being separated from the general population.
—Kate Payne, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
As co-chair of the public health committee, she’s heard stories of deplorable conditions in cities but not in her district.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Deplorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deplorable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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deplorable
adjective
de·plor·able
di-ˈplōr-ə-bəl
-ˈplȯr-
1
: deserving to be deplored : lamentable
a deplorable accident
2
: very bad : wretched
deplorable conditions
deplorableness
noun
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