Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lamentable; hopeless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Deplorable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
deplorable
Etymologies
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Latin deploratus, past participle of deplorare. See deplore.
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Examples
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What is to deplorate is that many of these girls do study, have a poor family and do the job because of a great lack of money.
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