PITIFUL

pitiful

Adjective

  1. Feeling pity; merciful.
  2. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
    Scotland has a pitiful climate.
  3. Very small (of an amount or number).
    A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.


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