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Epstein was a 'Rosetta Stone' to decipher the content of Basket of deplorables, who ends up stone dead under Trump's watch ... "
Hillary Clinton

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?

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Dershowitz: Maxwell is 'Rosetta Stone', would testify with immunity

#CNN #News

Former Jeffrey Epstein attorney Alan Dershowitz says he believes Ghislaine Maxwell would be willing to testify before Congress if given immunity. CNN's Kate Bolduan speaks with senior legal analyst Elie Honig, and Erica Hill speaks with CNN legal analyst Joey Jackson

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The term Rosetta stone has been also used idiomatically to denote the first crucial key in the process of decryption of encoded information, especially when a small but representative sample is recognized as the clue to understanding a larger whole.

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"Basket of deplorables" is a pejorative phrase from a 2016 US presidential election campaign speech delivered by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on September 9, 2016, at a campaign fundraising event. She used the phrase to describe "half" of the supporters of her opponent, Republican nominee Donald Trump, saying they're "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic". The next day, she expressed regret for "saying half", while insisting that Trump had deplorably amplified "hateful views and voices". The Trump campaign repeatedly used the phrase against Clinton during and after the 2016 presidential election. Many Trump supporters adopted the "deplorable" moniker for themselves in reappropriation. Some journalists and political analysts questioned whether this speech played a role in the election's outcome. In her 2017 book What Happened, Clinton herself said that her comments on the "basket of deplorables" were a factor in her electoral loss.

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deplorable
adjective
de·;plor·;able di-;pl;r-;-b;l
Synonyms of deplorable
1
: deserving censure or contempt
deplorable behavior
: wretched
deplorable living conditions
2
: lamentable
a deplorable death
deplorableness noun
deplorably
di-;pl;r-;-bl;
 adverb

Synonyms
pitiful
lame
cheap
wretched
disgusting
dirty
nasty
hateful
mean
Examples of deplorable in a Sentence
we will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a house of worship
condemned the deplorable conditions in which the family was living
Recent Examples on the Web
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Canton couple accused of keeping animals in 'deplorable conditions' A 41-year-old Canton, Ohio, woman was recently arrested and charged with domestic violence and taken to jail.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
And for Trump’s onetime pirate ship of a political movement, Butterworth’s represents an ostentatious new evolutionary phase: the deplorable as arriviste.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 2 June 2025
This imagined universal audience—always positioned as white—has seen the CNN interview where President Yoweri Museveni uses deplorable language to describe gay people.
—Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Orlando Sentinel Two arrested in Polk after dogs found in 107-degree home under ‘deplorable’ conditions Polk deputies say the inside of the home was covered in trash, feces and urine Orlando Sentinel Clean bills of health: Which Central Florida restaurants had perfect inspections in May?
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025

Word History
Etymology
see deplore

First Known Use
1612, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of deplorable was in 1612
See more words from the same year

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The phrase "stone dead" means completely lifeless or unquestionably dead. It is often used to emphasize that something is utterly destroyed or has come to a complete halt. For example, one might say, "The cat was stone dead and stiff as a board" to illustrate the finality of death. The term conveys a strong sense of finality and is commonly understood in this context.