Lamentable in english
Regrettable
pronunciation: rɪgretəbəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: rɪgretəbəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
lamentable = regrettable ; wretched ; sad ; deplorable ; miserable ; parlous ; embarrassing ; sorry ; woeful ; pitiful ; abject ; abjected ; regretful.
Example: All these networks have standard record formats, although it is regrettable that they all operate to different standards.Example: A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.Example: It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.Example: We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Example: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Example: Book provision to many schools is in a parlous state and the school book market also has its problems.Example: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.Example: The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.Example: In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.Example: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.Example: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.Example: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.Example: Many regretful traffic accidents are related either directly or indirectly to sleep bad and a bad sleep hygiene = Many regretful traffic accidents are related either directly or indirectly to sleep bad and a bad sleep hygiene.more:
» de forma lamentable = miserably .
Example: Research on the history of ethics has ignored Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten miserably.» dejar en un estado lamentable = leave + Nombre + in a sorry state (of affairs) ; leave + Nombre + in a bad way .
Example: Overfishing and poor management have left the world's seas in a sorry state. Example: My partner suffered a pulmonary embolism which shocked the whole family and left her in a bad way.» de manera lamentable = lamentably ; miserably .
Example: The 1960's are often viewed as lamentably as the 1950's are memorably. Example: Research on the history of ethics has ignored Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten miserably.» en lamentable estado de conservación = in a sorry state of repair .
Example: Unfortunately most fatalaties in Morocco are motorbike related, and the roads can be in a sorry state of repair.» estar en un estado lamentable = be in a sorry state (of affairs) ; be in a bad way ; be in a bad state (of affairs) .
Example: Often quoted as the most polluted sea of the world, the Baltic Sea is indeed in a sorry state. Example: Several of those who are wounded, have had their limbs cut off, ?nd arc thought to be in a bad way. Example: In recent years the agricultural sector has been in a bad state of affairs, and a bold planning policy in this direction is necessary.» fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably ; fail + dismally .
Example: However, in retrospect, the U.S. government's goal of eradicating Native American cultures failed miserably. Example: The essays in this volume fail dismally to contribute anything of value to our understanding of the topic.» fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure .
Example: Others have said that the painting lacks proportion, perspective, a sense of decorum and that it has been 'an embarrassing failure'.» ser lamentable = be a pity ; be embarrassing .
Example: It is rather a pity that book reviewers tend to ignore this very popular genre so much. Example: It was equally embarrassing to see her behave in such an obsequious manner.