The phrase "a lamentable performance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a performance that is regrettable or disappointing, often in the context of art, sports, or any evaluative situation.
Example: "The critics were harsh, stating that it was a lamentable performance that failed to meet expectations."
Alternatives: "a disappointing performance" or "an unfortunate performance".
The inadequacy of the prime minister's argument was then compounded by a lamentable performance by Nick Clegg in winding up the debate.
Some 150 Bush administration officials were graduates of Pat Robertson's Regent University, including Monica Goodling, who put on such a lamentable performance before a House inquiry into the firing of nine US attorneys.
Let's start with Australia's Bernard Tomic, the former prodigy who was given a $20,000 fine for a lamentable performance during his first-round defeat by Mischa Zverev last year.
The sight of Gove defending a man who accused him of a "lamentable performance" highlighted the mixed feelings senior Tories have about Ashcroft, who has been a generous donor to the party for the best part of 20 years.
Not such good news for £16m Mario Balotelli, not so much rested as dropped after a lamentable performance in the midweek loss at Basel.
USA Hockey, still stinging from a lamentable Olympic performance by American National Hockey League players on and off the ice, will not hear a proposal calling for amateurs to return to the rink.
And although this is hideously unscientific and "intuitive", my sense is that there are some legs to this recovery, for all the drag of a lamentable trade performance.
Everton, as was to be expected, showed a little more vigour at the start of the second half but it was a reflection on the normally influential Fellaini's lamentable performance that he was replaced by Darron Gibson with 23 minutes remaining.
But Unión Progresista de Fiscales, a left-leaning association of Spanish prosecutors, issued a statement welcoming Argentina's attempt to make amends for "the lamentable performance of our judicial system" concerning the crimes of the Franco era.
His already lamentable performance has just got worse in the last few days.
But her star has been dimming since her lamentable performance during the Israel-Lebanon war, and "State of Denial" will dim it further.
