Update 9/14/2015: You know its getting bad when freelancers are launching full-time Twitter accounts to expose all the problems with the Upwork website, from connection timeouts, to CloudFlare 522 errors, to a laundry list of feature bugs.
The definition of lamented is  someone who is dead and who has been mourned for. When your father died and you were mourning for him, this is an example of a time when he was lamented.
Full Definition of LAME DUCK. 1. : one that is weak or that falls behind in ability or achievement; especially chiefly British: an ailing company. 2. : an elected official or group continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a successor.3. : one whose position or term of office will soon end. â lameâduck \ËlÄm-ËdÉk\ adjective. an elected official or group continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a successor. 3. : one whose position or term of office will soon end. â lameâduck \ËlÄm-ËdÉk\ adjective.