a pitiful attempt

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• pitiful — pitiful, piteous, pitiable are comparable but not always interchangeable when they mean arousing or deserving pity or compassion. Pitiful applies especially to what actually excites pity or, sometimes, commiseration because it is felt to be… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• pitiful — /ˈpɪtəfəl / (say pituhfuhl) adjective 1. such as to excite or deserve pity: a pitiful fate. 2. such as to excite contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: *He made another pitiful attempt to speak, but the effort was beyond him and, ashamed of… …  

• pitiful — adjective 1》 deserving or arousing pity.     ↘archaic compassionate. 2》 very small or poor; inadequate: a pitiful attempt. Derivatives pitifully adverb pitifulness noun …   English new terms dictionary

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