Complete Definition of "regrettable"

English
Etymology
regret + -able

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret.

#: His painting his name of my car was more than regrettable, it was criminal.
#: It was regrettable that the teacher made the class retake the test when he was wrong about the answers.

Related terms
regret
regrettably
regretter
regretful
regretfulness
regretfully

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