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• s  bad; unfortunate
  a lamentable decision

• We cannot make the slightest concession to the enemy in this dark and lamentable hour of struggle.
• All this would be lamentable but unremarkable given that a number of other talented musicians are uniformly ignored by both the music industry and the press in this country .
• Neither would have required Democrats to do anything much except lament the lamentable situation into which Bush had got us.

• deplorable
• distressing
• pitiful
• sad
• sorry

News & Articles

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• Scott Walker a 'ringmaster' in worst governor circus
  Scott Walker isn't a "clown" or a 'sideshow." No, when Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics identified 18 lamentable governors, it called him a "ringmaster" — one of the very worst.
  July 24, 2013 - The Capital Times

Quotes

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• Winston Churchill in Scripps News
  Churchill said: "You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable...
• Lee Myung-bak in BBC News
  This is a truly unbelievable, lamentable and deeply sad event,President Lee Myung-bak, Mr Roh's successor, said in a statement.
• Carlos Alberto Parreira in The Canadian Press
  It is very lamentable that this happened,Parreira said. "It seems to be that the attitude toward him is justified."