regrettable

adjective

ri-ˈgre-tə-bəl How to pronounce regrettable (audio)
Definition of regrettablenext
as in unfortunate
of a kind to cause great distress the explorers forged ahead despite the regrettable loss of some of their companions

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Recent Examples of regrettable Knife sets, coffee cups, and baking dishes round out the non-regrettable basics to pick up. — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Other teams signed players to regrettable max contracts after missing out on Durant. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 That could result in some desperate, regrettable contracts being handed out, but last year, most teams that were flush with cap space showed a surprising level of discipline and restraint. — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 13 June 2026 Ironically, this reminiscence preceded my viewing of Remarkably Bright Creatures, the recent Netflix release that seeks to inaugurate a new, regrettable phase in Field’s five-decade-long movie career. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for regrettable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regrettable
  1. unfortunate
  2. tragic
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  • There are no Cubs players involved in the TikTok series, the Cubs told me, which is unfortunate since Crow-Armstrong has acting in his DNA — his mother and father are both actors — and probably would be at least as good as Damon.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Every mosquito has a type Count me among the unfortunate souls who are mosquito magnets; something about my body chemistry is irresistible to those tiny bloodsucking fiends.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfortunate
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  • That's the common denominator, to be quite honest, between the success stories and the tragic stories.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Even Treadwell, who spend thirteen summers in Alaska compiling some 100 hours of bear footage, wasn’t even remotely prepared for his encounters, evidenced by his tragic death at the hands of one of his beloved grizzlies.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of tragic

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“Regrettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regrettable. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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