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Meaning of deplorable

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  deplorable
      adj 1: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable
             state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad
             shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable},
             {distressing}, {lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]
      2: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
         conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
         accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: {deplorable},
         {execrable}, {miserable}, {woeful}, {wretched}]
      3: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal
         waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery
         is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" [syn:
         {condemnable}, {criminal}, {deplorable}, {reprehensible},
         {vicious}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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