regrettable
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4.2
- adjective
- /rɪˈɡrɛtəbl/
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lamentable
- That was a regrettable turn of events.
- a regrettable fact
- such a regrettable incident
The fact that we are back in this place is regrettable, and it is worrying.
- The fact that we are back in this place is regrettable, and it is worrying.
- Never thought I'd say this, but someone made a regrettable choice at a tattoo parlor.
- I must be forever enslaved to its hideous drone and make certain regrettable compromises.
- Words they said about us, past mistakes, past miscalculations or regrettable incidents or things we did wrong.
- That's another one of the consequences that is just so regrettable.
- So lastly, it's my largest and most regrettable purchase and it's going to really make my total look really crazy high.
- But just try and get better and try and, you know, have less regrettable moments.
- Now I would more broadly point out, and I understand this is more debatable, that while the British Empire obviously did a number of things that were regrettable.
- When angry, we often lash out at other people, we say things that are regrettable.
- I mean, at some point, you know, somebody enters your orbit and you make a regrettable decision and cross a certain line.
- The mega rich, they create the yachts to this, to that, the Epstein stuff, a lot of it not good, regrettable.
- And and that's, yeah, it's just, but it's good, you know, making regrettable decisions only helps you as long as you it's necessary.
Examples
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In this case, their hooliganism was exacerbated by the regrettable choice of a religiously sensitive location.
Blog text (16) -
We have some regrettable circumstances at times in our own country in which minorities are unfairly treated.
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- That was regrettable, but we had no choice.
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The fact that we are back in this place is regrettable, and it is worrying.
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And I thought that was really regrettable because it affected morale to some degree.
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Our State Department and their Foreign Service have exchanged apologies for the 'regrettable incident.'
Fiction book (2000) -
Never thought I'd say this, but someone made a regrettable choice at a tattoo parlor.
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The Merseyside authority has apologised for the "regrettable incident," which it blamed on an administrative error.
Academic text (2009) -
And it is deeply regrettable that the SNP have joined the Tories in wanting to shield oil and gas producers from Labour's progressive measures.
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It was a regrettable decision that ultimately led to the project's failure.
Synonyms
643
3.3
Saying that something is unfortunate or disappointing
469
1.2
Not lucky or causing a bad result
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6.7
Very bad and upsetting because it should not have happened
Antonyms
How Regrettable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Regrettable comes from regret ('to feel sorry') plus the ending -able ('can be' or 'deserving'), so it means 'able to be regretted'. So, something regrettable is something that deserves regret or makes you feel sorry.