deplorable
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According to the EFL commission, the club employed "a particularly deplorable approach" by using junior members of staff to conduct the spying "at the direction of senior personnel".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It is striking that the judge says you need to come answer in court for this deplorable conduct,” Johnson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The EFL's commission said it was "deplorable" of the club to have used junior staff members to "conduct the clandestine observations".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
And his deplorable habit of being bold after the event, and full, in absence, of the most extraordinary presence of mind.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing deplorable
The Book Thief
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Grade 11, List 4
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"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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