regrettable
dikesali
definition
adjective
the loss of this number of jobs is regrettable
(of conduct or an event) giving rise to regret; undesirable; unwelcome.
example
I find this to be a 'regrettable' stance, in the main because of the breadth of messages contained in it.
It was 'regrettable' the association had chosen to adopt this approach.
He said the damaging of the trees was 'regrettable' , but also exceptional.
The events that led to this claim and counterclaim are indeed 'regrettable' .
It was 'regrettable' that the workers felt that they had been put into a corner where they had to ballot for industrial action.
It may be that the decision to interfere with such an editorial decision will have perverse and 'regrettable' consequences.
Business, with a 'regrettable' few exceptions, is booming in a town known the world over because of its famous Rock.
However, apart from that one rather 'regrettable' episode he'd never found the attic room particularly unsettling.
The judge said it was 'regrettable' the family had to take legal action and live under the cloud of litigation for the last few years.
It is 'regrettable' that it has become necessary to deploy policemen in schools, but it is needed as an emergency shock treatment.
It is therefore 'regrettable' that you chose to print the article in its current form and under a misleading heading on the front page of your paper.
But it is 'regrettable' that awareness is very low, especially among women and at the grassroots level.
She said that it had been 'regrettable' that this had occurred.
He's not exactly acting very honorably in that role or as a man, and I think it's deeply 'regrettable' .
She said it was 'regrettable' that a policeman, who had taken an oath, had come before the court and deliberately misled the court.
An ageing spinster behind a bar would far rather discuss the finer points of her son's 'regrettable' taste in women than serve you a beer in under half an hour.
He said that the violence ‘was 'regrettable' ,’ but that security staff must use force to do their jobs.
The harsh reality is that the two big banks see the customer as an inconvenience and workers as a 'regrettable' cost that has to be tolerated.
Firstly it must be said that all of these incidents are 'regrettable' and that this newspaper in no way condemns the breaking of the law on drugs.
It is 'regrettable' that some biotech companies have already left Europe.
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