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Definition of Regrettable
1. Adjective. Deserving regret. "It's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"
Definition of Regrettable
1. Adjective. Of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Regrettable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regrettable
Literary usage of Regrettable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"There has been, however, a regrettable tendency in two directions. On the one
baud, there have appeared several treatises very complete, very well prepared, ..."
2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"regrettable controversy of later years. — Professor Charles T. Jackson's claims.
— Alfred Vail. — Contract of September 23,1837. ..."
3. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"This regrettable circumstance was soon followed by her repudiation of the man on
finding out his real character. She was not long off the stage, ..."
4. Russia in Central Asia in 1889 and the Anglo-Russian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon (1889)
"... illusions about British rale in India—Evidence of Russian generals—Real feeling
in India— regrettable Russian ignorance—Russian lines of invasion : (i. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1886)
"In accounting for this regrettable state of affairs, it is to be observed that
it has not arisen from the English taste for family por- But let us take ..."
6. Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society by Max O'Rell, Jack Allyn (1889)
"A regrettable Omission. *HE American stage boasts some excellent actors; but it
owes its prestige rather to the talent of a few brilliant individualities ..."
7. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"... have suffered in consequence, and issue immediate instructions to their naval
officers which will prevent a recurrence of these regrettable incidents. ..."
8. Modern Science and the Illusions of Professor Bergson by Hugh Samuel Roger Elliot (1912)
"... is an ethical principle, a mode of conduct, and cannot therefore be brought
under the category of true or false, but only as commendable or regrettable. ..."
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