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deplorable

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deplorable in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    condemnable  criminal  deplorable  reprehensible  vicious 
  2. bad; unfortunate
    "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
    deplorable  distressing  lamentable  pitiful  sad  sorry 
  3. of very poor quality or condition
    "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
    deplorable  execrable  miserable  woeful  wretched 
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