REGRETTABLE


Meaning of REGRETTABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪgretəb(ə)l ]

You describe something as regrettable when you think that it is bad and that it should not happen or have happened. ( FORMAL )

...an investigation into what the army described as a regrettable incident...

= unfortunate

ADJ [ feelings ]

• re‧gret‧tably

Regrettably we could find no sign of the man and the search was terminated...

= unfortunately

ADV : ADV with cl , ADV adj

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