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as in pitiful
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust
we will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a house of worship
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as in tragic
of a kind to cause great distress
condemned the deplorable conditions in which the family was living
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Recent Examples of deplorable
Full of speculation about if the Shawn Levy-helmed ‘Merc with a mouth’ movie was mocking Baldoni with its intentionally deplorable Nicepool character, the correspondence also promised more lawsuits.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2025
The deplorable conditions the hostages have faced should make your blood boil.
—Doug Friednash, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
According to these rumors, the decision to cancel the concert actually resulted not from Lou Reed’s deplorable state but from a pure and simple inability to locate him.
—Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Tonally, the show is a total master class, zipping from euphoric highs to stomach-jolting lows without batting an eyelid, and leaving us to unpack why such a deplorable and devastatingly sad contest can also make us, and its participants, feel so incredibly good.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2025
The deplorable conditions the hostages have faced should make your blood boil.
—Doug Friednash, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
According to these rumors, the decision to cancel the concert actually resulted not from Lou Reed’s deplorable state but from a pure and simple inability to locate him.
—Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Tonally, the show is a total master class, zipping from euphoric highs to stomach-jolting lows without batting an eyelid, and leaving us to unpack why such a deplorable and devastatingly sad contest can also make us, and its participants, feel so incredibly good.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deplorable
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Its pitiful history includes only one application, less than a decade after its formulation, to strike down a delegation in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935).—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Kubrick’s film is a hell of a black comedy that satirizes the mediocrity of middle-class life: In the director’s world, fathers are pitiful providers, mothers are blandly cheerful (while quietly suffering enormously), and the kids see far more than their parents do.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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And then everything changed due to the pandemic and the great Helen McCrory’s tragic passing.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Michelle Trachtenberg’s former costars are remembering the actor after her tragic death at age 39.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
26 Feb. 2025
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.—
Tim Neville,
Outside Online,
23 Nov. 2020
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Christie suffered from acute seasickness, unfortunate considering her trips to each continent were by ship.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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On Monday evening, within hours of learning of the directive, some state workers called the order stupid and unfortunate.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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James said Costco is more interested in providing a good value to its customers than a cheap price.—
Nicolas Vega,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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Tickets for adults range from $42 for a day pass to $98 for three days, with cheaper prices for ages 13 and younger.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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Following Villa’s wretched defeat at Crystal Palace on Tuesday evening, this season’s tally extended to three clean sheets in 28 Premier League fixtures — roughly one in every nine.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Other players have been successful elsewhere, including Tomljanovic and Sam Stosur, who won the 2011 U.S. Open, but both have relatively wretched records in Melbourne.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The desire to avoid portraying her character’s actions as simply disgusting led de Van to play the lead role herself, in spite of the challenges that created for her as a first-time feature director.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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Selena Gomez has called out 'disgusting' weight shame As a former child star who grew up in the public eye, Gomez has long been subjected to conversations surrounding her weight.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Every Look from the 2025 Oscars Red Carpet By Vogue Based on Court of Honor, William P. Wood’s 1991 legal thriller, this Turner Network Television original movie finds Tom Selleck playing a municipal judge who pitches in to help with a government sting operation focused on nailing a dirty judge.—
Nell Beram,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2025
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More likely, a veteran like Hill or Ford or any number of others — guys who have played a lot and know how to get the dirty work done — could fit.—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Deplorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplorable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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