pathetic
Example Sentences
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“It’s horrible and heartbreaking and pathetic that the city administrators don’t intervene with DTE to ensure trees are not butchered,” one resident said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Bullard called his reaction "pathetic" and explained that he had quit because he wanted to go home.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
It only matters to us that Les manages to return Lindy to her former status; his thirst for recognition is represented as pathetic and unseemly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
But Maria said the government's efforts to pull Russia out of its demographic rut were "pathetic".
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
How’s this for pathetic: me in pajama pants and a questionably clean T-shirt from Mom’s law firm picnic, smeared in Cheeto dust, on the couch watching YouTube videos of Pokémon dancing to Kesha songs.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Vocabulary lists containing pathetic
Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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