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• s  deserving or inciting pity
  the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
• s  inspiring mixed contempt and pity
  their efforts were pathetic
• s  inspiring scornful pity

• Letterman's response to Palin calling him "pathetic" for making jokes about his daughters: "I haven't been called pathetic once since my honeymoon.
• It was also a lovely little coupe, which made the moment when the suspension mounts punched through the stressed-skin monocoque all the more pathetic.
• A recent poll by Hagerty Insurance asked enthusiasts to name the worst car design of all time: This glassine bolus of dorkiness is the pathetic winner.

• hapless
• miserable
• misfortunate
• piteous
• pitiable
• pitiful
• poor
• wretched
• ridiculous
• silly

News & Articles

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• New album 'Pathetic Sounds of Detroit' a sampling of local artists
  Highlight gigs in metro include the release party for 'Pathetic Sounds of Detroit' compilation, a fundraiser for singer-songwriter Audra Kubat and Irish rock from Bill Grogan's Goat.
  June 13, 2013 - Detroit Free Press
• Man robs 92-year-old of glasses and Bible in Manhattan
  Cops are looking for a pathetic creep who assaulted a 92-year-old man and swiped his glasses and bible in Manhattan.
  June 13, 2013 - New York Daily News
• Blog List
  Perhaps the most pathetic - and most illustrative - moment of the ongoing Internal Revenue Service scandal so far came earlier this month when Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel testified to the U.S. House's Appropriations Committee.
  June 13, 2013 - The Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Quotes

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• Tony Stewart in Charlotte Observer
  That was the most pathetic racing tire I've ever been on in my professional career,Tony Stewart said. "They (Goodyear) exited out of Formula One ...... IRL ...... CART ...... World of Outlaws and there is a reason for that. Goodyear can't...
• Jerry Seinfeld in ESPN
  This woman is a jerk. I hate her,Seinfeld joked. "I can't believe they put her in my box, which I paid for ...... You give people the finger and you get upgraded? Is that the world we're living in now? It's pathetic. And why is she giving...