regrettable - Longman Dictionary

regrettable ; regrettablere‧gret‧ta‧ble ; PITY/IT'S A PITYsomething that is regrettable is unpleasant, and you wish things could be different ... regrettable Wordfamily (noun) regret (adjective) regrettableregretful (verb) regret (adverb) regrettablyregretfullyFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishregrettablere‧gret‧ta‧ble/rɪˈɡretəbəl/adjective    PITY/IT'SAPITYsomethingthatisregrettableisunpleasant,andyouwishthingscouldbedifferentSYNunfortunate  Thiswasaveryregrettableerror.itisregrettablethat  It’sregrettablethatclassicalmusicreceivessolittleattention.ExamplesfromtheCorpusregrettable•Anyjoblossesareregrettable.•ThedepartureofRichardWilcockandhisstaffwasequallyregrettable.•Thelatestshortfall,for1993-94,causedbyyetmoreRepublicanmischief-making,isregrettable.•Thewholebusinesswasregrettablebutnotbeyondredemption.•TherewasregrettabledelayinservingitanditshouldhavebeenservedpersonallyonMr.Butlerinprison.•ShortlyafterhisfatherdiedthenewEarlsaidhowregrettableitwasthathehaddiedalone.•Neitherwelcomedthepresenceofthecity'spoor,themajorityofitspopulation,thoughbothrecognisedtheirregrettablenecessity.•Foraregrettablenumber,emotionalinstabilityandspiritualconfusionremainlongafterthephysicalbruiseshavefaded.•It'sregrettablethatwecan'tgoinJunewhentheweatherisbest.itisregrettablethat•Againstthatbackground,itisregrettablethattheOppositionintendtomovetodenytheBillaSecondReadingthisevening. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Film Magic Officials Drink Seealltopics Wordoftheday uneasy worriedorslightlyafraidbecauseyouthinkthatsomethingbadmighthappen