deplorable condition

collocation in English

meaningsofdeplorableandcondition

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deplorable
adjective
uk
/dɪˈplɔː.rə.bəl/us
/dɪˈplɔː.rə.bəl/
very ...
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condition
noun
uk
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofdeplorableandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These houses were in adeplorablecondition.
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It is in adeplorablecondition.
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It is adeplorableconditionof affairs.
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A perfectlydeplorableconditionalready exists.
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They usually arrive in adeplorablecondition.
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They are in adeplorablecondition.
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The track is in adeplorablecondition.
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Some of the unfit houses are in adeplorablecondition.
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I believe they are in adeplorablecondition.
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That is a mostdeplorableconditionof things.
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The road from the farm was in adeplorablecondition.
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Thatdeplorableconditionis not of comparatively recent origin.
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The brick-making industry was in a mostdeplorablecondition.
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We found the railways in adeplorablecondition.
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There are roads, which in many districts are in adeplorablecondition.
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They are surrounded by several hundred former colliery houses that are in adeplorablecondition.
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I allude to thedeplorableconditionof old age pensioners at the present moment.
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She had been outraged by four men and was in adeplorablecondition.
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Our people are in such adeplorableconditionthat they cannot go on any longer.
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Unfortunately that was not done and the presentdeplorableconditiondeveloped in the industry.
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It is true that the prison estate is in adeplorablecondition.
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They are in adeplorableconditionand need renovation and refurbishment.
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That is adeplorableconditionof affairs, but it is true.
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That is thedeplorableconditionof the postal arrangements of this country.
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It is beyond dispute that the industry is to-day in a mostdeplorablecondition.
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