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lamentable

adj.
US //ɫəˈmɛntəbəɫ// UK //lɐmˈɛntəbəl// lam·en·ta·ble
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From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.

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