(a.) Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). deplorable. Retrieved September 23, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/deplorable/definitions/1996238 |
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| MLA | Webster's. "deplorable" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/deplorable/definitions/1996238> |