Definition of "rued" [rued]

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

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• "Later, when oil prices spiked again, in 1990 and again in 2008, causing great hardship and economic disruption, a lot of people recalled the Carter years and rued the lost opportunity."
• "Unlike just a few years ago, when the publics of America's oldest allies rued America's power, they are now alarmed by its diminishing economic might."
• "Then he got in the mood again, and rued having missed that slew of articles."