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deplorable

[dih-plawr-uh-buhl, -plohr-] / dɪˈplɔr ə bəl, -ˈploʊr- /


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That Mr. Mamdani can be accurately portrayed as a culture warrior of impeccable and deplorable standing is not in question.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms Doutre also said detainees are often kept at facilities with "deplorable" conditions.

From BBC

Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures, a rare standout in a sea of multiplex mediocrity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two bears rescued from "deplorable conditions" in Armenia by an East Sussex charity have been making the most of their new lives in a bear sanctuary.

From BBC

The theft, he said, succeeded in “giving France a deplorable image.”

From The Wall Street Journal