Definition of DEPLORING

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deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan mean to express grief or sorrow for something. deplore implies regret for the loss or impairment of something of value. deplores the breakdown in family values lament implies a profound or demonstrative expression of sorrow. lamenting the loss of their only child bewail and bemoan imply sorrow, disappointment, or protest finding outlet in words or cries, bewail commonly suggesting loudness, and bemoan lugubriousness. fans bewailed the defeat purists bemoaning the corruption of the language

Examples of deplore in a Sentence

We deplore the development of nuclear weapons. Many people deplored the change. Although deplored by many, her decisions have greatly benefited the company.

Recent Examples on the Web Many deplore the lousy status of our existing roadways, replete with potholes, insufficient markers, and a slew of problems that endanger drivers and pedestrians alike. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, "Multi-Clouds Spectacular Treasure Trove To Arise Via Amalgamation Of Autonomous Vehicle See-All Data," 4 Mar. 2021 The right fetishizes the country’s martial spirit and quiet endurance, while the left tends to deplore the suffering of soldiers in the field and civilians at home. — Ben Dooley, New York Times, "A Famed Horror Director Mines Japan’s Real-Life Atrocities," 10 Oct. 2020 Officials deplored the violence and the country's health minister pledged to share evacuees' quarantine for two weeks in a bid to reassure protesters who fear they'll be infected. — Fox News, "Ukrainians throw bricks at buses carrying coronavirus evacuees from China," 21 Feb. 2020 If progressives deplore Trumpism, and immigration fueled it, should the left moderate its immigration demands? Where fundamental justice is at stake, the movement is right not to bend. — Jason Deparle, New York Times, "The Open Borders Trap," 5 Mar. 2020 Progressives dislike them because progressives deplore all innovation that happens outside their control, as well as invention generally apart from that which collects a union due or aborts a fetus with greater efficiency. — Graham Hillard, National Review, "Warren Would Break Up Big Tech. Conservatives, Make Your Pitch.," 8 Oct. 2019 The violent actions of protesters when Murray appeared at Middlebury College in 2017 were widely deplored. — Parul Sehgal, New York Times, "Charles Murray Returns, Nodding to Caution but Still Courting Controversy," 12 Feb. 2020 The general deplored the defeatism of some of his own compatriots, telling an American correspondent, who described London as entirely devastated, that the city neither was nor would be. — Max Hastings, WSJ, "Five Best: Max Hastings on Diaries of World War II," 31 Jan. 2020 But some of this legislation contains incentives for switching to risk-limiting audits — not the sort of shove from the federal government that McConnell deplores, but a helping hand. — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, "Other voices: Election security that Mitch McConnell should get behind," 24 Oct. 2019

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