lamentable

Definition

Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

Etymology

From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

Example Sentences

• "In what a lamentable caſe were I, If Nature had not giuen me wiſedomes lore?"
• "Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all."

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