1
as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas
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2
as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest
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Recent Examples of deplore
China firmly deplores and opposes this move and will take necessary countermeasures to defend its legitimate rights and interests.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Fair enough; the market doesn’t always deliver great results, and Hayes is right to deplore the commodification of intellectual life.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
For Nietzsche, this shift was almost entirely to be deplored.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Fair enough; the market doesn’t always deliver great results, and Hayes is right to deplore the commodification of intellectual life.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
For Nietzsche, this shift was almost entirely to be deplored.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Also, the episode opens with the introduction of Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby with a group of Fireflies, seemingly mourning the losses at the hospital where Joel murdered everyone to save Ellie.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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Dominican communities, which are heavily Christian, will celebrate the holidays while mourning the Jet Set roof collapse.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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Putin, bent on total victory, may regret passing up the extraordinary chance offered by Trump to end his disastrous Ukraine war and cut his country’s substantial losses.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Milwaukee likely regrets not having added Smith to their 40-man roster, as injuries prompted them to trade for a starter in April.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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In recent years, PSG’s French supporters have occasionally lamented the fact that multiple superstar players — among them Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Messi — have spent time at the club without making an effort to learn the language of their new home country.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Whiteley at least tries, and an episode in which several of the international players lament the difficulties of playing out a six-month season without access to their families, many of whom struggle to get visas, is a standout.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Deplore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplore. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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