From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbemoanbe‧moan /bɪˈməʊn $ -ˈmoʊn/ verb [transitive] formal COMPLAINto complain or say that you are disappointed about something He was bemoaning the fact that lawyers charge so much.bemoan the lack/absence/loss of something an article bemoaning the lack of sports facilities in the area→ See Verb table
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bemoan• Business no longer understands the examination system and its grades and it bemoans the continually changing scene.• On the one hand, he bemoans the development of a political underclass as demonstrated by poll-tax refuseniks and Los Angeles rioters.• For years, parents and teachers have bemoaned the fact that we do not have a national childcare policy.• So it seems our old Antiquary bemoaned the lack of a bridge.• These would hit the popular audience - the old-style Mirror readers who wrote in bemoaning the trivialization of their paper.• I suspect that Labour has bemoaned unemployment vigorously and at length during every period of opposition.• The auction houses quite wisely retreated, leaving specialist dealers bemoaning what they alleged were short-sighted policies.bemoan the lack/absence/loss of something• So it seems our old Antiquary bemoaned the lack of a bridge.• He put the kettle on, bemoaning the lack of business.• I get letters from single women bemoaning the absence of men; and from single men bemoaning the absence of women.• White suburbanites bemoan the loss of their cities to crime, drugs and-by extension-black neighbourhoods. 