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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deplorable \De*plor"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]plorable.] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as life's evils are deplorable. Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deplorable adj 1: very bad "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: {distressing}, {lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}] 2: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: {execrable}, {miserable}, {woeful}, {wretched}] 3: 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" [syn: {condemnable}, {criminal}, {reprehensible}]
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