His decision to quit is regrettable. It was a regrettable mistake.
Recent Examples on the WebBut that weakening has generally been regrettable rather than laudable. The Editors, National Review, 21 July 2022 Tom Goodman labeled the decision to ignore the court order regrettable and misguided.San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2022 Chinese authorities denied Australian diplomats access to Ms. Cheng’s trial on national-security grounds, a decision that Graham Fletcher, Australia’s ambassador to China, said was deeply concerning, unsatisfactory and regrettable. Alice Uribe, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022 And it’s a predictable but regrettable call to arms for people with opinions who aren’t. Jan Smoleński, The New Republic, 4 Mar. 2022 This was the natural, if regrettable, outcome of the energy policies championed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and her predecessor Gerhard Schröder. Philip Plickert, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022 The United States, of course, also frequently kills civilians in war, in drone and other airstrikes whose toll the United States treats as a regrettable but acceptable cost. Max Fisher, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2022 The United States, of course, also frequently kills civilians in war, in drone and other airstrikes whose toll the U.S. treats as a regrettable but acceptable cost.New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 Surely fathering a baby at such a young age might have been a factor in some of his regrettable subsequent choices. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2022 See More