regrettable

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.

   The officers' actions were regrettable, yes, but there's nothing to be done now but to relocate everyone to the mainland in a calm and orderly manner.

Similar words

unfortunate too bad regretful regretting regrettably regret pity shameful disgraceful disgrace

Often followed by

that but and fact as incident to in because