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Meanings of deplorable in English
Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
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Examples for "criminal"
Examples for "criminal"
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A criminal response to their situation simply does not work, Becroft said.
2
The new right applies throughout criminal proceedings, including when receiving legal advice.
3
Discussing major changes to criminal law with the new act before parliament.
4
The questions raised by criminal cases involving teenagers are difficult to answer.
5
Last week Spain said the attack appeared to be criminal in nature.
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The idea, of course, is to change the vicious cycle in Hollywood.
2
They were indeed preparing for war, a vicious and bloods earthbound war.
3
To the account of one of the most vicious killers in Europe.
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Interests invariably fall asunder in the end; vicious natures can always agree.
5
The discord experienced specifically in Gauteng has led to vicious political infighting.
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They felt the use of torture as an advertising ploy was reprehensible.
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Quotes of the week The behaviour is just egregious and reprehensible .
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The most reprehensible motives and the most shocking thoughtlessness pervade them throughout.
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Surely there is no crime more reprehensible than the murder of children.
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He was ready to admit that it was very reprehensible of him.
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All books which meddle with the faith are condemnable and pernicious.
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What happened yesterday in the Ormeau Road was totally condemnable.
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An action condemnable in itself often becomes meritorious by the thought which inspires it.
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These acts, are they for that reason worse and condemnable?
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The pottery had been condemned because it was condemnable.
Usage of deplorable in English
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Unfortunately, though his size is quite formidable, his speed is quite deplorable.
2
The specific case on Panorama, and any case like it, is deplorable.
3
The army was in the most deplorable condition of weakness and hunger.
4
He expressed the opinion that the world was in a deplorable state.
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The aspect of the streets on the following day was deplorable enough.
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Such, in brief, was the deplorable story of the battle of Tewkesbury.
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On his death I found his papers in the most deplorable confusion.
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Isn't it actually rather a deplorable picture that Mr McQuoid has painted?
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The news threw the Dawsbergen diplomats into a deplorable state of uncertainty.
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The deplorable ease of the Midrashic method readily accounts for its vogue.
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The deplorable refacings have left few features of interest on the outside.
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In our business, chaos and uncertainty, while deplorable, can be our friends.
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Human rights groups criticized conditions there as deplorable and unfit for humans.
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This shameful death of mine will leave her in a deplorable state.
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Frémont's régime had left the whole department in the most deplorable confusion.
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And the condition of the roads after this disruption is utterly deplorable.
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Deplorable across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common