regrettable situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofregrettableandsituation
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regrettable
adjective
uk/rɪˈɡret.ə.bəl/us/rɪˈɡret̬.ə.bəl/
making you feel sad and sorry ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofregrettableandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofregrettable situation
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Prominent among the reasons for thisregrettablesituationare perverse subsidies.
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I believe this is a veryregrettablesituation.
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I would also like to draw attention to theregrettablesituationthat has developed there.
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That is aregrettablesituation, and we have demonstrated our understanding.
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That represents a considerable improvement in a veryregrettablesituation.
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I stress to him that thatregrettablesituationwould arise under whatever form of management is chosen for the dockyard.
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That is a further manifestation of theregrettablesituationand one that we would like to see changed.
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Officials are considering a number of measures to improve the presentregrettablesituation.
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The correction of this anachronistic andregrettablesituationis urgent.
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In thatregrettablesituationwe have to ask the practical question, what is the best thing to do.
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However, what can we, as parliamentarians, do about thatregrettablesituation?
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These two factors have led to this mostregrettablesituation.
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These figures show theregrettablesituationinto which housing has been permitted to relapse in this country.
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It was a mostregrettablesituationthat existed in the past when competing teams of divers engaged in fighting.
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There is thus aregrettablesituationat the moment even with resale price maintenance.
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This is a mostregrettablesituation, but it should have been tackled many years ago.
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Is there any way in which thisregrettablesituationcan be overcome?
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There has been aregrettablesituationin the negotiations in the last two days, which is not on the best lines of establishing good relations.
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We find ourselves in theregrettablesituationof having introduced the fee without the quality of consultation that we might have hoped for.
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That is aregrettablesituationbecause these questions have arisen in the minds of people when there is no need for them to exist.
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