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His decision to quit is regrettable.
It was a regrettable mistake.
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But the Shot in the Dark is much more like a hidden immunity idol with really bad odds than those two regrettable back-from-the-dead game mechanics of yesteryear.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Tying a million ideas together…into a rope just long enough to hang itself…Netflix’s regrettable attempt at subverting expectations results in a throwaway effort that wastes its big names.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
If media outlets could be hit with such expensive verdicts because of honest and regrettable mistakes, freedom of the press cannot exist, because every reporter will occasionally make a factual error similar to the ones at issue in Sullivan.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 12 Aug. 2024
This is regrettable because Venom only really looks good that way, though the effects are in general a little less janky in this installment than the previous two.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Tying a million ideas together…into a rope just long enough to hang itself…Netflix’s regrettable attempt at subverting expectations results in a throwaway effort that wastes its big names.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
If media outlets could be hit with such expensive verdicts because of honest and regrettable mistakes, freedom of the press cannot exist, because every reporter will occasionally make a factual error similar to the ones at issue in Sullivan.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 12 Aug. 2024
This is regrettable because Venom only really looks good that way, though the effects are in general a little less janky in this installment than the previous two.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Regrettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regrettable. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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regrettable
adjective
re·gret·ta·ble
ri-ˈgret-ə-bəl 
: deserving regret
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