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# lamentable

adjective (more lamentable, most lamentable)

«lamentable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lamentable means very bad, sad or shameful, so bad that it makes people sorry or ashamed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentable/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories a lamentable matter is a terrible trouble, said with a sigh; it is an old use

### Examples

- «Here is a lamentable matter,» said the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentable/#x1)
- The result was lamentable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentable/#x2)
- It was a lamentable tragedy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentable/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lamentable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lamentable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lamentable.html) on Mova free.