lamentable
adjective
[ ˈlaməntəb(ə)l ]
• (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable.
• "the industry is in a lamentable state"
• full of or expressing sorrow or grief.
• "the lamentable friends, trailing their long black garments"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘mournful’, also ‘pitiable, regrettable’): from Old French, or from Latin lamentabilis, from the verb lamentari (see lament).
