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pitiful
adjective as in in bad shape; poor
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Example Sentences
Do we really want to incentivize vigilantes like YouTube copycat Skeet Hansen, seen in the documentary machinating and uploading his own stakeouts, pitiful farces of justice with the catchphrase “You’ve just been Skeeted”?
She also said the cemetery was left in a pitiful condition, with bottles and cans left lying around.
"We came and found children and women torn apart. It was a pitiful sight," he said.
Whatever it was on his mind, it can't have been pretty, like Amorim's answer as the United head coach thrashed about looking to explain another pitiful display in a season he promised would be better.
Single women are confronted with it most frequently, but even people in relationships may experience some stranger’s pitiful regard while dining alone in public.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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