Edward Blake

The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals.

Canadian Politician

Douglas Hurd

Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my country are permeated by a widespread hostility to Germany.

British Politician

Richard Dawkins

It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the world.

English Scientist

Albert II, Prince of Monaco

I have always respected the freedom of expression. But the dissemination of false information is lamentable and subject to criminal penalties.

Monacan Royalty

Charles Caleb Colton

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.

English Writer

Charles Kennedy

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

George Santayana

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

Spanish Philosopher

Charles Hermite

I turn aside with a shudder of horror from this lamentable plague of functions which have no derivatives.

French Mathematician

Voltaire

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

French Writer

Juan Pablo Montoya

I'm busy, man, too busy. There's a lamentable absence of free time.

Colombian Driver

Use 'lamentable' to show strong feelings of sadness or sorrow, especially for something that cannot be reversed.

Expressing Sadness

'Lamentable' is used for serious matters, not trivial disappointments like bad weather or missing a bus.

Not for Minor Issues

Common in literature to evoke emotions, 'lamentable' can describe tragic characters or events.

Literary Use

Describe a performance, state, or condition as 'lamentable' to stress its inadequacy or poor quality.

Highlighting Inadequacy

Using 'lamentable' to critique implies a serious issue that needs addressing, not just a slight problem.

Serious Criticism

 Unfortunately, radium isn't the only pigment that historically seemed harmless or useful but turned out to be deadly. That lamentable distinction includes a trio of colors and pigments that we've long used to decorate ourselves and the things we white, green,

History’s deadliest...

 I have the lamentable fellows Andre and he has got a camera and he is producing these beautiful pictures and so we're in a wildlife area and then down south where you've seen the leopard and the Lions there in the greater Kruger