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The phrase "a deplorable example" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that serves as a poor or unacceptable model or standard, often in a negative context.
Example: "The report highlighted a deplorable example of negligence in the workplace that led to serious consequences."
Alternatives: "a shameful instance" or "an unacceptable case".
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The prison has undermined America's standing as a champion of human rights and set a deplorable example for other governments inclined to violate international human rights law.
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A particularly deplorable example of the bigoted elements that drove the Hindu-Trump partnership concerns Huma Abedin, advisor to Hillary Clinton.
"Undoubtedly, it is a deplorable case, a reprehensible case," Mr. Poire said.
Condemning those behind the latest Dublin gangland shooting, Ireland's justice minister Frances Ftizgerald said: "Tonight's fatal shooting in Dublin is another deplorable example of the ruthlessness of gangland criminals.
It is vital that health should not follow this deplorable example!" [ 21].
What sort of message are we sending to the next generation by these deplorable examples?
Hillary Clinton made a deplorable basket case this weekend.
Erdogan swiftly condemned Friday's attacks in New Zealand, writing on Twitter that day that the massacre was a "deplorable act — the latest example of rising racism and Islamophobia". Soon after, he was using the shooting as a cudgel against one of his main political opponents in Turkey.
They visit the fabulous and mind-opening Greek museums and necessarily wonder why Greece in 2016, for example, is in such a deplorable state.
At an earlier hearing Dr Winter's behaviour was described as setting a 'deplorable example'.
Housing remains a deplorable problem.
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