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deplorable (adj.)
1610s; see
deplore
+
-able
. Perhaps from French
déplorable
or directly from Late Latin
deplorabilis
. Johnson (mid-18c.) noted the weakened colloquial use of the word for "very bad." Related:
Deplorably
.
