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• s  bad; unfortunate
  my finances were in a deplorable state
• s  of very poor quality or condition
  deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
• s  bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  a deplorable act of violence

• On Wright, says his comments were deplorable and offensive, but also notes the reverend made "enormous contributions to his community, and has turned a lot of lives around.
• The present disgusting and deplorable situation in New York State is not new under the modern Roman-Tammany system.
• I find it deplorable that anyone who considers themselves a Christian to be against anything founded on two peole loving one another.

• distressing
• lamentable
• pitiful
• sad
• sorry
• execrable
• miserable
• woeful
• wretched
• condemnable
• criminal
• reprehensible
• vicious

News & Articles

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• WYANDOTTE: City shuts down filthy house, several arrests made while searching for runaway girl
  WYANDOTTE — The city has shut down a “house of ill fame” because of its deplorable living conditions after police went there Wednesday morning looking for a runaway teenager.
  June 12, 2013 - The News-Herald
• Crimetracker: 31 animals living in filth rescued from Monroe Co. home
  More than two dozen animals are finally recovering after deputies rescued them from a Tellico Plains home. Deputies say they were left without food and water for ten days, and lived in deplorable conditions. They're now searching for the person responsible.
  June 12, 2013 - WVLT-TV Knoxville
• Nearly 400 rabbits found in feces riddled garage
  Feces littered the walls and floors of a small garage on the city’s south side when Indianapolis Animal Care and Control arrived on the scene Tuesday. Officials found nearly 400 rabbits living in the deplorable conditions at a home in …
  June 11, 2013 - FOX 59 Indianapolis

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in CTV.ca
  Benedict said he wanted to write to Belgium's bishops "at this sad moment" to express his solidarity "for the surprising and deplorable way in which the searches were conducted."
• John Prescott in International Herald Tribune
  I think the manner was quite deplorable really. I don't think one can endorse in any way that, whatever your views about capital punishment,Prescott said in an interview with British Broadcasting Corp. radio. "Frankly, to get the kind of...
• Vyron Polydoras in International Herald Tribune
  It is very likely that this is the work of a domestic group,Public Order Vyron Polydoras said. "We believe this effort to revive terrorism is deplorable and will not succeed."