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adjective

Lamentable adj.

Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. (Archaic) "Lamentable eye."

Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness."

Miserable; pitiful; paltry; in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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