pitiable
Use Pitiable in a sentence
i adjective
1.
evoking or deserving pity; lamentable: pitiable, homeless children.
2.
evoking or deserving contemptuous pity; miserable; contemptible: a pitiable lack of character.
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| —adj | |
| exciting or deserving pity or contempt | |
| 'pitiableness | |
| —n | |
| 'pitiably | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
He understands the difference between pitiable and pitiful.
Many reasons have been advanced to explain this pitiable and seemingly unending poor sector performance.
Her attempt to be invincible turns into a pitiable failure.
The thought of deserting his weaker and more pitiable companions never perhaps occurred to him.
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