अफसोसजनक (en. Regrettable)

What is regrettable is that even after the pronouncements of this Court have settled, the principles on which public authorities are required to act while discharging their functions, the States continue to harp on the theory that in the matter of engagement of State counsel they are not accountable and that the engagement is only professional and/or contractual, hence, unquestionable.

It is regrettable that their contribution to the creation of the State of Israel is almost entirely absent from the collective memory.

Foreign office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said the Indian policy of selective issuance of medical visa to Pakistanis was regrettable.

It is regrettable that the reactions from civil society and political class vary according to the caste and class of the victim.

The unfortunate killing in many states such as Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tripura and west Bengals are deeply painful and regrettable.

We offer him the grace we all need in the context of regrettable words or actions.

It is highly regrettable that this is so despite the fact that this Court has, keeping in view the imperatives of preserving the ecology and environment of the area and protecting the rights of the citizens, repeatedly cautioned the concerned authorities against arbitrary regularization of illegal constructions by way of compounding and otherwise.