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