Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lamentable

Lamentable , adjective

[Latin lamentabilis: compare French lamentable.]

1.
Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic]
Lamentable eye. — Spenser
2.
Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.
Lamentable helplessness. — Burke
3.
Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. — Bp. Stillingfleet