I'm ashamed to say

I'm ashamed to say
I’m ashamed to say/​admit phrase
used for admitting something that you think people might be surprised or disappointed about

I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never read any of her work.

Thesaurus: ways of admitting somethingsynonym ways of saying you are sorry or regret somethingsynonym
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