ruesome

English

Etymology

rue +‎ -some

Adjective

ruesome (comparative more ruesome, superlative most ruesome)

1. rueful
2. to be regretted; unfortunate
   • 1969, Val Björnson, The History of Minnesota - Volume 1:

     In his message to the Legislature in 1874, Governor Austin made the ruesome statement that "our railroads have been almost wholly built by foreign capital!"