lamentably

lamentable | American Dictionary

lamentable
adjective
 fmlus/ləˈmen·tə·bəl, ˈlæm·ən·tə-/
regrettable:
a lamentable failure of nerve

Examples of lamentable

lamentable
And for every family in which they do, there are five others that dismiss its ideals as grotesque or lamentable.
There are many reasons for this lamentable situation and the authors commendably guide the reader through the somewhat confusing maze of national fertilizer policies.
More lamentable was that few people dared to speak the truth, because doing so would inevitably result in being denounced.
This situation is all the more lamentable given the demographic changes which are happening in concert with social, political and economic transformations.
The level of anthropological insight is similarly lamentable.
Nonetheless, it is a valuable record and analysis of the lamentable failure of what should have been a model international regulatory instrument.
Indeed, it would be lamentable if the leading accounts of electoral competition could not provide more definite guidance.
The loss of "between constituent accountability" is lamentable and should not be forgotten, even if the threat of coercion makes the private ballot necessary.
Lamentable shortcomings become apparent here, which in some cases certainly lead to personal disappointments and require unprejudiced clarification by historical science.
The lamentable fact was, he boldly asserted, that the nation's libraries and secondhand book shops contained ever burgeoning 'restricted' sections.
The lack of an index is lamentable, but perhaps not unexpected in a project of this nature.
This appears to be a lamentable state of legal affairs.
That fellow's playing is lamentable.
As pointed out in the introductory chapter, there has been a lamentable neglect of extended family relationships by sociologists during the last third of the 20th century.
Bodkin supported the proposed legislation precisely to put a stop to this ' lamentable ' situation.
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