lamentable
adjective
la·men·ta·ble
lə-ˈmen-tə-bəl 
also
ˈla-mən-
1
: that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable
the lamentable consequences of the war
2
: expressing grief : mournful
a faint and lamentable cry—
Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare
lamentableness
noun
Examples of lamentable in a Sentence
the lamentable cries of the women for their slain sons were heard throughout the village
it's a lamentable situation, but I don't see how it can be fixed
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Google ha cometido un lamentable error fácilmente reversible y siempre estamos dispuestos a encontrar maneras constructivas para que los hispanos recuperen el acceso al contenido de Univision que es para ellos confiable y esencial.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The result was a concert that delighted and disappointed, soared and sputtered, although — happily — the heady highs outweighed the lamentable lows.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
Front-shifting is going extinct, which is lamentable, because on undulating terrain sometimes nothing beats the simplicity of dropping into the small ring for the climb and then shifting back onto the big one for the descent.
—Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
After Trump signed the final legislation on Friday afternoon, the hedge-fund and private-equity managers could return to their July 4th pool parties and fireworks displays secure in the knowledge that yet another Administration had failed to consign this lamentable loophole to history.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The result was a concert that delighted and disappointed, soared and sputtered, although — happily — the heady highs outweighed the lamentable lows.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
Front-shifting is going extinct, which is lamentable, because on undulating terrain sometimes nothing beats the simplicity of dropping into the small ring for the climb and then shifting back onto the big one for the descent.
—Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
After Trump signed the final legislation on Friday afternoon, the hedge-fund and private-equity managers could return to their July 4th pool parties and fireworks displays secure in the knowledge that yet another Administration had failed to consign this lamentable loophole to history.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
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“Lamentable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamentable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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lamentable
adjective
la·men·ta·ble
ˈlam-ən-tə-bəl
lə-ˈment-ə-
lə-ˈment-ə-
1
: that is to be regretted or lamented
lamentableness
noun
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