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deplore
verb as in regret; condemn
Example Sentences
The Paris Philharmonic said it had filed a complaint over the disruption, adding it "deplores and strongly condemns the serious incidents that occurred".
But clauses which will hand ministers powers to force the break-up of some big estates are deplored by many landowners and their representatives.
The European Union and the African Union have deplored the regime's violent crackdown on protesters, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an investigation.
Why, he asked, is that acceptable in politics when it’s deplored in just about every other field of endeavor?
Critics deplore the fact that the undisputed growth has only benefitted a small portion of the population and has been accompanied by a spiralling cost of living.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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