~ (that...) that you are sorry about and wish had not happened:
It is regrettable that the police were not informed sooner. * The loss of jobs is highly regrettable. * a regrettable incident
regrettably adverb:
Regrettably, crime has been increasing in this area. * This fine restaurant has, regrettably, gone out of business. * There is regrettably little evidence to support this argument.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of regrettable come from?
This entry for regrettable is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is regrettable a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, regrettable is tagged as adjective.
Does regrettable appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — regrettable appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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