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Definition of lamentable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lamentable

adjective
 
/ləˈmentəbl/,
 
/ˈlæməntəbl/
 
/ləˈmentəbl/,
 
/ˈlæməntəbl/
(formal)
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  1. very disappointing synonym deplorable, regrettable
    • She shows a lamentable lack of understanding.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLamentable is used with these nouns:
    • failure
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘mournful’, also ‘pitiable, regrettable’): from Old French, or from Latin lamentabilis, from the verb lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’.
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