lamentably

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The ones in Professor Shugerman’s essay, lamentably, are not even legally persuasive.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024

On Tuesday this week, a disciplinary panel chairman criticised Ms Lee's "lamentably poor" investigation into the incidents; had she still been a serving officer, she would have been dismissed.

From BBC • May 26, 2023

But, lamentably, spyware system developers persist on an international scale.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023

In keeping with that approach, many health officials believe the vaccine machinery is in place to meet what they expect, lamentably, to be tepid demand this fall.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2022

Mr. Hancock had indeed found a smith to make it after Mr. Lapham failed so lamentably.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes