Lamentable

Even if this indispensable function to constitute a State is not performed, it would be a lamentable state of affairs”.

If Rangnick’s travails are scarcely Ten Hag’s fault, his own record is lamentable.

Scotland’s record at tournament finals is, not to put too fine a point on it, lamentable.

The cameras mean they cannot be missed but they can endanger a batter and slow down over-rates that are already lamentable.

There is now a lamentable cottage industry for RBG hanukkiahs.

This evening, having kept quiet for a while, I was struck by the lamentable hopelessness of the Home Secretary, remembering particularly her first week or so as a Member of Parliament pic.

To be sure, there is something understandable, yet lamentable, in that notion.

Root bowled well with the new ball, though he’s still in the doghouse after the lamentable shot that opened the door for India.

The husband of Baroness Mone said his family have been “treated as a punchbag” for the “lamentable failures” by ministers when procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic.

Those who think otherwise or believe such “resistance” is understandable, if lamentable, are not taking a reasonable point of view but justifying mass murder.

Which makes it all the more lamentable that a growing number of America’s corporate and financial leaders are opening their wallets for Donald Trump.

A closer look at her record, however, reveals that while she was certainly ahead of her time in some areas, she also carried lamentable rhetoric and beliefs.

I think one of the major problems we have in Zambia is ourselves – for the most, lamentable failures to research, let alone read, or be analytical.

That it’s lamentable is a testament to how far they came from 2015, and it’s a shame that we won’t get to see where they were going to go next.

He described it as a "lamentable state of affairs", saying that the authorities at the time were at best "totally ineffectual" and, at worst "wholly indifferent".

Judge Nolan said a custodial sentence was necessary and said the two year term would have been “considerably longer” had it not been for Gallagher’s “present lamentable condition”.

One of the more lamentable trends over the last several decades has been SUVs, pick-up trucks and crossovers becoming the default option for many car-buyers.

The prime minister’s lamentable handling of the negotiations with the EU means she has failed to deliver a sensible deal that works for all parts of the United Kingdom.

Under an initiative called “I redeem myself for Rome”, the beleaguered city council has turned to the inmates of the city’s Rebibbia prison to tackle the lamentable state of its roads.

I recently discovered a game for these lamentable moments.