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regrettable
[ ri-gret-uh-buhl ]
Other Words From
- re·gret·ta·ble·ness noun
- re·gret·ta·bly adverb
- un·re·gret·ta·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of regrettable1
Example Sentences
“I think the timing is incredibly regrettable,” New Zealand political commentator David Farrar tells The Daily Beast.
This regrettable action will, of course, ignite a racial gang war, leaving a heap of bodies in its wake.
It was regrettable that he left the country while being observed.
When they disagree, they tend to think there has been a regrettable, maybe terrible, mistake.
When Oates veers back into the war story, it is regrettable that certain factual inaccuracies become distractions.
Henry Hudson landed here, and many another Dutchman has been 'landed' and made regrettable discoveries right on this same spot.
It is regrettable that God did not possess the magnanimity of an Ingersoll and make health contagious instead of disease.
We leave the reader to make his own comments on these too regrettable facts.
Because of these two regrettable occurrences a great honor and pleasure has fallen upon me.
It was touching experience at a fresh point, and was far from being altogether regrettable.
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