1. expressing strong disapproval of or regret about something
Usage: present participle of ‘deplore’

Examples

• The mayor is deploring the recent acts of vandalism in the city.
• She wrote a letter deploring the company’s treatment of workers.
• Citizens are deploring the lack of funding for public schools.
• The organization issued a statement deploring violence in all forms.
• He spent the evening deploring the state of modern politics.
• The editorial is deploring the government’s slow response to the crisis.