Adjective
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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"
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of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
"woeful treatment of the accused"
"woeful errors of judgment"
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bad
unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"
"a lamentable decision"
"her clothes were in sad shape"
"a sorry state of affairs"