DEPLORABLE

• (adj.) bad; unfortunate

  "my finances were in a deplorable state", "a lamentable decision", "her clothes were in sad shape", "a sorry state of affairs"

  synonyms : distressing , lamentable , pitiful , sad , sorry

• (adj.) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

  "a criminal waste of talent", "a deplorable act of violence", "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

  synonyms : condemnable , criminal , reprehensible , vicious

• (adj.) of very poor quality or condition

  "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city", "woeful treatment of the accused", "woeful errors of judgment"

  synonyms : execrable , miserable , woeful , wretched

  Living conditions in the slums were execrable. -added by nithi

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