/ dɪˈplɔːrəbl; NAmE / adjective
( formal ) very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people
SYN appalling :
a deplorable incident
They were living in the most deplorable conditions.
The acting was deplorable.
► de·plor·ably / -əbli; NAmE / adverb :
They behaved deplorably.
deplorably high / low / bad
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French déplorable or late Latin deplorabilis , from the verb deplorare , from de- away, thoroughly + plorare bewail.