Definition of "deplored" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of deplore. (verb)

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• "The only thing about it to he deplored is that it was unsuccessful."
• "Sublime and intellectual as were these enlightened principles of morality, how vastly to be deplored is the fact that they are not more generally and permanently entertained."
• "The UN envoy for the freedom of expression deplored the use of the media by Mexico's violent drug gangs during a visit to Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday."