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   pitiable

   /ˈpɪtɪəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. deserving or arousing pity: "the men were in a pitiable condition"
   • 2. contemptibly poor or small: "a pitiable imitation of the real thing"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French piteable, from piteer ‘to pity’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pitiableness noun
   • 2. pitiably adverb

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   What does pitiable mean?

   • Surely this pitiable case ought to be brought to the attention of the Actors' Benevolent Association. His eyes were fixed and staring, and his face deadly pale, presenting altogether a most pitiable and wretched spectacle. Pitiable definition: evoking or deserving pity; lamentable. See examples of PITIABLE used in a sentence.

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   What does the term 'piti able' mean?

   • From Middle French [Term?], from Old French piteable. That deserves, evokes, or can be given pity; pitiful. This page was last edited on 28 November 2023, at 08:10. Definitions and other text are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.

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   Is worker productivity pitiable?

   • But it's not as if worker productivity in either country is pitiable. The creature's design is appropriately alien, and it makes at once an unsettling threat and a pitiable victim. This is the time to bask in feelings of superiority over all those pitiable outdoor grillers who enjoy no such luxuries. It's a sorry situation - rather most pitiable.

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   Pitiable means feeling or deserving pity, or causing pity in others. It is a formal adjective that can be used to describe people or situations. See synonyms, related words and phrases, and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and the Hansard archive.

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     adjective. formal us / ˈpɪt̬.i.ə.b ə l / uk / ˈpɪt.i.ə.b ə l...

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     PITIABLE definicja: 1. → pitiful 2. → pitiful. Dowiedź się...

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   • Pitiable in Simplified Chinese

     PITIABLE translate: 可怜的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Pitiable: Thai Translation

     pitiable translate: น่าสงสาร. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Pitiable: French Translation

     PITIABLE translate: pitoyable. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Pitiable means deserving or exciting pity, or of a kind to evoke mixed pity and contempt. See synonyms, antonyms, examples, word history and more from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Pitiable means evoking or deserving pity, or contemptuous pity. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of pitiable with examples from literature and media.

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   Pitiable means feeling or deserving pity, or causing pity in others. It is a formal adjective that can be used to describe someone or something in a bad situation. See synonyms, examples, and translations of pitiable.

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   Pitiable describes something that's pathetic or miserable. After learning about the pitiable conditions of schools in parts of rural India, you might decide to donate supplies to them.

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   Pitiable means someone or something that is in such a sad or weak state that you feel pity for them. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, sentences and word origin of 'pitiable'.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective pitiable, which means deserving pity or causing you to feel pity. See examples, synonyms and word family of pitiable.