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lamentable

pitiful, dreadful

adjective la-mahn-TABL Rare

Origin: From Latin 'lamentabilis'.

Also means

deplorable

Usage Note

Lamentable is a strong pejorative meaning pitifully bad or deplorable — stronger than English 'lamentable' and often used with irony in everyday speech. It is invariable in gender (un résultat lamentable, une performance lamentable). The adverb lamentablement means miserably or abysmally.

Examples

"Son discours était vraiment lamentable."

Natural Translation

His speech was truly dreadful.

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