lamentable
pitiful, dreadful
adjective la-mahn-TABL Rare
Origin: From Latin 'lamentabilis'.
Also means
deplorable
Usage Note
Lamentable is a strong pejorative meaning pitifully bad or deplorable — stronger than English 'lamentable' and often used with irony in everyday speech. It is invariable in gender (un résultat lamentable, une performance lamentable). The adverb lamentablement means miserably or abysmally.
Examples
"Son discours était vraiment lamentable."
Natural Translation
His speech was truly dreadful.
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