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 →

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 →
• There was a regrettable accident in the playground. tree →
• The head called the fight «a regrettable incident». tree →
• It's regrettable that so few people came. tree →
• Losing the map was a regrettable mistake. tree →
• Badger said Toad's behaviour was most regrettable. tree →

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».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «regrettable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.