deplored; deploring
1
a
: to feel or express grief for
deplore the death of a friend
b
: to regret strongly
deplore my own actions
2
: to consider unfortunate or deserving of deprecation
many critics deplore his methods
Examples of deplore in a Sentence
We deplore the development of nuclear weapons.
Many people deplored the change.
Although deplored by many, her decisions have greatly benefited the company.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The editors clamored for new ideas, but always found something wrong with them, and were drawn magnetically to the old ones; and old subscribers woke up just long enough to deplore any change in layout, any modification of the puzzle page.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Journalists deplored his government’s relationship with the media, which shifted from spin into censorship.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2022
For Chad, these trends are reminiscent of hearing his dad, a plant worker, deplore his workplace’s ‘treating employees as numbers’ culture.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Deplore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deplore. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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deplore
verb
de·plore
di-ˈplō(ə)r 
-ˈplȯ(ə)r
deplored; deploring
1
a
: to feel or express grief for
b
: to regret strongly
2
: to consider unfortunate or deserving of disapproval
deplorer
noun
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