How to Use regrettable in a Sentence

regrettable

adjective

• It was a regrettable mistake.
• His decision to quit is regrettable.
• Off days are regrettable but part of the game.
  — George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• Climate change, of course, plays a regrettable role in all of this.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
• That is regrettable, but what about the next 55 years of his life?
  — courant.com, 7 Mar. 2022
• The aggrieved do not want to be told that mistakes were made or that the past was regrettable.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
• All teams make regrettable trades, and the Giants have made their share of doozies.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2023
• Whether this is by luck or error or even by silly, regrettable naiveté, these words have caught up to me.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 20 July 2021
• And to your point, yes, is there going to be a tradeoff in the short run, that's all else equal regrettable?
  — Abc News, ABC News, 30 June 2023
• Given his age, Granlund’s next deal has all the makings of a regrettable one.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 17 June 2025
• Who among us has not said something regrettable in moments of stress, shock, or sadness?
  — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
• That about-face, which has yet to be discussed at a public meeting, is deeply regrettable.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
• Still regrettable by episode's end, but discreet enough to cover with a necklace.
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 9 July 2021
• Was the stealth Prince beefing more funny or regrettable?
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• The incident with the landing gear was regrettable, no doubt.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2014
• This was regrettable, because the costs of closures were crushing.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
• There are moments and habits of heart and mind on the American left that are regrettable.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
• The deaths of Daunte Wright and George Floyd are deeply regrettable.
  — Jack Dunphy, National Review, 15 Apr. 2021
• Trading him for Josh Bell proved regrettable.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
• That's going to go down as one of my most regrettable Challenge moments, for sure.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Keane said the way the process of getting a meeting to take action on the hiring freeze had played out was regrettable.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
• The meal is regrettable and adds only a little sustenance at best.
  — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
• Like tank tops and regrettable footwear, grilling just seems to happen the instant warm weather appears.
  — Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2020
• Tanking was a huge — and from the league standpoint, regrettable — talking point this season.
  — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
• And that regrettable San Diego business.
  — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
• But Fields was far from the only Bears player to walk away from their third straight loss with a regrettable play.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
• Are there moments, are there habits of heart and mind, in the Republican past that are regrettable?
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
• Take a look at some of Brit's best and, unfortunately, most regrettable looks of the past twelve months.
  — Jessica Booth, Redbook, 20 Nov. 2018
• Within one regrettable 56-second span, there was a dribbling turnover, a bad pass and a charging foul.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2021
• That Mark is unable to assert himself with Hayley is, to say the least, regrettable.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2021