Associations to the word «Regrettable»
Noun
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Wiktionary
REGRETTABLE, adjective. Of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret.
Dictionary definition
REGRETTABLE, adjective. Deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.