adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Any job losses are regrettable .
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It's regrettable that we can't go in June when the weather is best.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a regrettable number, emotional instability and spiritual confusion remain long after the physical bruises have faded.
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Neither welcomed the presence of the city's poor, the majority of its population, though both recognised their regrettable necessity.
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Shortly after his father died the new Earl said how regrettable it was that he had died alone.
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The departure of Richard Wilcock and his staff was equally regrettable .
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The latest shortfall, for 1993-94, caused by yet more Republican mischief-making, is regrettable .
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The whole business was regrettable but not beyond redemption.
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There was regrettable delay in serving it and it should have been served personally on Mr. Butler in prison.