Words similar to lamentable

Example sentences for: lamentable

How can you use “lamentable” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

For dear means beloved, affectionate, precious, and the like; but the exclamation Oh! dear! is one that denotes something very different, something that is lamentable or calamitous, and very far from being pleasant.
This is lamentable and unnecessary.
David Mellinkoff's criticism of lawyer language is lamentable.
"The lamentable moral degradation that leads some people to exchange human lives for money has its roots in our materialistic society, characterized by badly swollen egos," the paper claimed.
Stuart Altman) are the lamentable combination of increasing expenses and decreasing funds.