Lamentable Definition

lə-mĕntə-bəl, lămən-
adjective
To be lamented; grievous; deplorable; distressing.
Webster's New World
Expressing sorrow; mournful.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Lamentable

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

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Lamentable Sentence Examples

  • The institution had fallen into a state of lamentable inefficiency.

  • Not surprisingly, it found the result lamentable, but could find no way around it.

  • The level of communication about their products to the public was truly lamentable.

  • Despite unparalleled importations of grain by sea and rail, despite the most strenuous exertions of the government, which incurred a total expenditure on this account of 11 millions sterling, the loss of life from actual starvation and its attendant train of diseases was lamentable.

  • This is especially lamentable because Farepak's customers have taken the responsible route and saved throughout the year for Christmas instead of accumulating debt.

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