deplorable
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Definitions ofdeplorable
- A person or thing that is to be deplored.
- (US politics) A Trumpist conservative, in reference to a 2016 speech by Hillary Clinton calling half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables".
- Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
Example: "Poor children are often accused of having deplorable manners, when they are, in fact, simply responding to society in ways that mirror how society treats them."
- Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.
Example: "We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son."
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