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Recent Examples of deplorable His rhetoric is deplorable, but evidently, many people want to hear it—particularly those who are part of his core audience: Gen Z men. Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 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 Braiding deplorable and desirable into a viciously fun riding crop, the actress wrote her movie’s outrageous script in 2017. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 July 2025 Their treatment of us and of the Tamimi case is deplorable. Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for deplorable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deplorable
Adjective
  • The Browns have scored the second-fewest points in the NFL, ahead of only the pitiful Tennessee Titans.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • On the side of the highway, Wilson cuts a pitiful, solitary figure.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This film largely focuses on Desai’s story – including a tragic twist at the end of his life.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • She's also found ways for students to help in tragic circumstances before.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Another main issue is that the power grind itself now being the endgame is no longer a good motivator to play, nor is the Tier system with 3s not much different than 4s or 5s, and all past weapons being somewhat lame now outside of that system entirely.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Paine proposed a lump sum payment of £15 (£2,306 in 2025) to everyone reaching the age of twenty-one and a £10 (£1,537 in 2025) annual pension for the blind and lame, as well as for those fifty and older.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • All the rest are likely to shine in movies by good directors, and most actors whose reputations aren’t illustriously artistic have mainly been unfortunate in their collaborations.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Irish butter may now an internationally marketable commodity, but in Swift’s day, the Irish peasantry fought back against their replacement by cattle by maiming and driving the unfortunate cattle off cliffs.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This World Cup wasn’t going to be cheap to attend, but these memories for life cost so much that swathes of people can’t even toy with the idea.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Utility executives and analysts have said clean energy projects are crucial to help power new data centers and factories, because they can be built quickly and produce electricity that is relatively cheap.
    Michael Copley, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, Baltimore’s defense is wretched, so don’t count on this being a cure-all, exactly.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Rather, the wretched truth is a reminder that history’s wins are often, if not always, accompanied by terrible loss — that, sometimes, what was cast as victory may have actually been defeat.
    Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Evshine Memory Foam Slippers Listen, airplane floors are disgusting.
    Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the abuse that came later, though, was disgusting.
    Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For both areas, Painter hit the transfer portal and landed a dirty-work center in Cluff.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Far from a knightly war, the German advance in 1941-1942 against France was a dirty one, with thieving of private property and menace against civilians.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Deplorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplorable. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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