(formal) very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people:
a deplorable episode / incident * They were living in the most deplorable conditions. * The acting was deplorable.
deplorably adverb:
They behaved deplorably. * deplorably high / low / bad
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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