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# regrettable

«regrettable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Unfortunate and something you wish had not happened…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (regrettable)

### meaning for a pupil

Unfortunate and something you wish had not happened; deserving regret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A slightly formal word used in news, by leaders and in school letters: «a regrettable incident». In stories it softens bad news or makes a character sound pompous.

### examples

- It is regrettable that the trip was cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/#x1)
- There was a regrettable accident in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/#x2)
- The head called the fight «a regrettable incident». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/#x3)
- It's regrettable that so few people came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/#x4)
- Losing the map was a regrettable mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/#x5)
- Badger said Toad's behaviour was most regrettable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/#x6)

### note

Spelling: double t: regrettable. Do not confuse with «regretful» (feeling sorry yourself). Adverb: regrettably.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat: «No more of those regrettable incidents with the police».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/34/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «regrettable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrettable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.