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Definition of 'deplorable'

Adjective

  1. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
       Synonyms: distressing lamentable pitiful sad sorry
  2. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
       Synonyms: execrable miserable woeful wretched
  3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
       Synonyms: condemnable criminal reprehensible vicious


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