English-Danish translations for deplorable

• beklagelig
  Det er klart, at en sådan attitude er beklagelig. Obviously, such an attitude is deplorable.
  skriftlig. - (EN) Situationen i Gazastriben er dybt beklagelig. in writing. - The situation in the Gaza Strip is deplorable.
  Den situation, der er ved at udvikle sig der, er i sandhed beklagelig. The situation developing there is really deplorable.
• elendig
  Hun sidder fængslet under elendige forhold i Bangladesh. She is in prison in deplorable conditions in Bangladesh.
  Forholdene er elendige fra et sundheds- og sikkerhedsmæssigt synspunkt, om ikke andet. The conditions are deplorable from a health and safety point of view, if nothing else.
  Det betyder ikke sjældent udbytning på de mest elendige betingelser, men det betyder også nye chancer for kvinder. This often means exploitation under the most deplorable conditions, but it also means new opportunities for women.
• sørgelig
  Jeg vil gerne have, at De bliver et betydningsfuldt kapitel i EU's historie om den sørgelige fiskeripolitik og reformen heraf. I would like you to be a significant chapter in the European Union's history over the deplorable common fisheries policy and its reform.
  Der er stort set enighed om, at denne sørgelige situation skyldes for stor kapacitet hos verdens fiskerflåder. There is pretty much universal agreement that this deplorable situation is due to the excess capacity of the world's fishing fleets.
  Hvis De ikke tager mig det ilde op, så synes jeg alligevel, at den vægt, der i betænkningerne lægges på sexturisme, uden tvivl i anledning af sørgelige hændelser, er overdrevet. Do not take it amiss when I say that I think that rather too much attention is paid in the reports to sex tourism, doubtless as a result of the deplorable events we have been hearing about.

Definition of deplorable

• Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched
• Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion
• A person or thing that is to be deplored
• A Trumpist conservative, in reference to a 2016 speech by calling half of 's supporters a "

Examples

• Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement.
• Poor children are often accused of having deplorable manners, when they are, in fact, simply responding to society in ways that mirror how society treats them.
• We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son.

Related words

• deplore
• deploration
• deplorably