deplorable

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• find: I find this attitude deplorable and I, for one, am not ready to accept this.

Modifies a noun

• state: A more deplorable state of affairs can surely never have existed in the conduct of any war.
• condition: In Santiago, Chile, women textile workers organize against deplorable hygiene conditions.
• situation: I also hope that such a deplorable situation does not have to arise again.
• behavior: People of Nottingham share the deplorable behavior they've endured from partners, in Donna Rutherford's new video project.
• result: This has had deplorable results in relation to the parable which ends with our present verse.

Modifying Another Word

• equally: Dixon finds the recent wave of Hollywood remakes equally deplorable on the same grounds, especially those derived from films from other national cinemas.
• absolutely: We find the timing of this letter and invitation is absolutely deplorable, as the planning decision is imminent.
• truly: The state of the Department's security was truly deplorable.
• so: Things going on today in our country are so deplorable, that up is the only way to go now.
• however: It seems curious that an SCCU trophy in this mold, however deplorable its condition, should be replaced by a wooden shield.
• utterly: There is the utterly deplorable Accent, which you absolutely mustnât buy.

Used with adjective complement

• find: I am not a member of Sarah's family, and for you to say so I find deplorable.
• seem: Today, of course, such an attitude can seem deplorable.