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The definition of deplorable is very bad, disgusting and wretched.

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An example of something deplorable is a house full of filth.

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See deplorable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

that can or should be deplored; regrettable, wretched, very bad, etc.

Related Forms:

deplorably adverb

See deplorable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence.
Lamentable; woeful: My finances were in a deplorable state of neglect.
Wretched; bad: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.

Related Forms:

de·plorˈa·ble·ness, de·plorˌa·bilˈi·ty noun

de·plorˈa·bly adverb

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