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de·plor·a·ble       [di-plawr-uh-buhl, -plohr-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
2.causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval; wretched; very bad: This room is in deplorable order. You have deplorable manners!
[Origin: 1605–15; < F déplorable < MF, equiv. to deplor(er) (see deplore) + -able -able]

—Related forms
de·plor·a·ble·ness, de·plor·a·bil·i·ty, noun
de·plor·a·bly, adverb
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de·plor·a·ble       (dĭ-plôr'ə-bəl, -plōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence.
  2. Lamentable; woeful: My finances were in a deplorable state of neglect.
  3. Wretched; bad: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.

de·plor'a·ble·ness, de·plor'a·bil'i·ty n., de·plor'a·bly adv.
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deplorable

adjective
1. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" 
2. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" 
3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" [syn: condemnable] 

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Deplorable

De*plor"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]plorable.] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.

Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. --Burke.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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