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pitiful
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of PITIFUL
[more pitiful; most pitiful]
1
: deserving or causing feelings of pity or sympathy令人同情的；可怜的
- a pitiful lost dog走失的可怜的狗
- the child's pitiful cries小孩可怜的哭声
2
: causing feelings of dislike or disgust by not being enough or not being good enough少得不值一提的；可鄙的；卑鄙的
- a pitiful [=very small] amount of money一笔少得可怜的钱
- a pitiful excuse令人鄙夷的借口
- She made a pitiful attempt to complete her work.她通过卑鄙的手段去完成她的工作。
— pitifully
adverb- a pitifully sad story令人同情的悲伤故事
- a pitifully small amount of money不值一提的很少一笔钱
Synonyms
Example Sentences
She made a pitiful attempt to complete her work. that piece of junk is a pitiful excuse for a car
Recent Examples on the Web Worse, the club’s once pitiful local rivals, Manchester City have eclipsed them thanks to the coaching skills of Pep Guardiola and bankrolled by its wealthy Emirati owner, Sheikh Mansour. 
Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 Though becoming an e-assassin may seem like old hat, Skyrim’s pitiful group of undeniably charming merry murderers deserves a revisit. Wired, 5 July 2022 Perhaps the biggest improvement could be the battery life, which has been pitiful in previous models of Apple Watch, maxing out at around 18 hours. Wired, 10 July 2022 The state of music journalism in 2022 is pitiful and depressing. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 1 June 2022 But, as anyone who has run the gauntlet of fertility treatment knows, that coverage is often pitiful and hard-won. Kate Willsky, ELLE, 30 Apr. 2022 The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Most everybody dismissed the poor, pitiful Miami Heat as mere cannon fodder for the Celts after Boston dominated the Heat in Games 4 and 5 of their Eastern Conference final. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022 Patti Aaron, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, told CNN that this is because of several factors — and last winter’s pitiful precipitation played a large role. Angela Fritz, CNN, 26 May 2022 See More
Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 Though becoming an e-assassin may seem like old hat, Skyrim’s pitiful group of undeniably charming merry murderers deserves a revisit. Wired, 5 July 2022 Perhaps the biggest improvement could be the battery life, which has been pitiful in previous models of Apple Watch, maxing out at around 18 hours. Wired, 10 July 2022 The state of music journalism in 2022 is pitiful and depressing. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 1 June 2022 But, as anyone who has run the gauntlet of fertility treatment knows, that coverage is often pitiful and hard-won. Kate Willsky, ELLE, 30 Apr. 2022 The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Most everybody dismissed the poor, pitiful Miami Heat as mere cannon fodder for the Celts after Boston dominated the Heat in Games 4 and 5 of their Eastern Conference final. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022 Patti Aaron, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, told CNN that this is because of several factors — and last winter’s pitiful precipitation played a large role. Angela Fritz, CNN, 26 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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