"Genuine shame" refers to feeling a deep and sincere guilt or embarrassment about something we have done or failed to do. It is a true and authentic feeling of regret or remorse. Full definition
At no point does it feel natural, and it creates a barrier to enjoyment that feels like a genuine shame when there could be the underpinnings of a solid tennis game here. (thesixthaxis.com)
That's a genuine shame, because the vim and vigor of a movie like this is found in its gruesome punctuation. (deep-focus.com)
It's a genuine shame that Deakins wasn't hired to shoot the Fifty Shades trilogy: He'd have sold us on those movies» material fetishism even better. (theringer.com)