deplorability

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de·plor·a·ble

(dĭ-plôr′ə-bəl)

adj.

1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence.

2. Lamentable; woeful: My finances were in a deplorable state of neglect.

3. Wretched; bad: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.

de·plor′a·ble·ness, de·plor′a·bil′i·ty n.

de·plor′a·bly adv.

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