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Regrettable Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Regrettable has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.

Example Sentences
"regrettable remarks" adjective
"it's regrettable that she didn't go to college" adjective
"it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church" adjective
See Also
regrettably sad pitiful able unfortunate regrettableness deserving regretfully
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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