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Pitiful is an English word with synonyms like pathetic or pitiable. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Pitiful in a sentence

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Pitiful meaning

  1. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
  2. Of an amount or number: very small.
  3. Feeling pity; merciful.

Using Pitiful

  • The main meaning on this page is: So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. | Of an amount or number: very small. | Feeling pity; merciful.
  • Useful related words include: pathetic, pitiable, poor, piteous.
  • In the example corpus, pitiful often appears in combinations such as: is pitiful, the pitiful, as pitiful.

Context around Pitiful

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Pitiful

  • In this selection, "pitiful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, way, shows, abnormal, betas, way and misfortune stand out and add context to how "pitiful" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against the pitiful panthers and already were pitiful. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pitiful" sits close to words such as aarp, accretion and aerosols, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pitiful

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Surely this analysis must humour you, pitiful human? (8 words)

The women first break their men into a pitiful betas, unless they already were pitiful. (15 words)

Accordingly, parading their pitiful defeatism like masochists, they are ready to submit to Islamic rule. (15 words)

But things have changed dramatically since then and a pitiful showing against Leeds means that he probably found out a lot more about his players and is, hopefully, edging closer to knowing his strongest starting line-up. (37 words)

Folks on the internet tracked Campbell down and possibly figured out what her true problem is: She’s another mediocre white person who thinks Black people are responsible for her shortcomings and pitiful misfortune. (34 words)

Long after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted an environment in which a disability was regarded as an abnormal, pitiful condition, a struggle for disability rights led to the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. (33 words)

Surely this analysis must humour you, pitiful human? (8 words)

Example sentences (20)

The women first break their men into a pitiful betas, unless they already were pitiful.

And no one is as pitiful as a lonely old person who is lonely because they chose not to have a family because of what others expected of them.

Either way, pitiful way to treat your customers who have been waiting to buy this," another user at PlayStation.

Folks on the internet tracked Campbell down and possibly figured out what her true problem is: She’s another mediocre white person who thinks Black people are responsible for her shortcomings and pitiful misfortune.

He writes: "Teddy went everywhere with Pa. It was a pitiful object, with broken arms and dangly threads, holes patched up here and there.

However, a favorable outcome doesn't change the fact that it was a mistake, one which shows pitiful negligence on Ash's part.

Long after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted an environment in which a disability was regarded as an abnormal, pitiful condition, a struggle for disability rights led to the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.

My family and I lived in a very old farmhouse my big sister called Pitiful Place.

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Such is the gravity of the situation, chiefs have now warned that almost 10,000 jobs could be cut as a result of the pitiful funding envelope they have received.

Surely this analysis must humour you, pitiful human?

What is pitiful is that successive Nigerian administrations with few if any exceptions furrow the backs of the masses while officials enjoy state-funded largesse.

Accordingly, parading their pitiful defeatism like masochists, they are ready to submit to Islamic rule.

After their come-from-behind upset of the Ravens, the Raiders return from the road with a line that’s moved a point in their direction against the pitiful Panthers.

As peaceable community members, we are often staggered by the fury that a handful of our neighbors evince on behalf of our pitiful school.

But things have changed dramatically since then and a pitiful showing against Leeds means that he probably found out a lot more about his players and is, hopefully, edging closer to knowing his strongest starting line-up.

In 2017, the Pope issued a pitiful apology for the church’s role in the Rwandan genocide, but the United Nations’ role was even worse.

One pastor of the church, Donny Reagan, told congregants back in 2013 that it was "pitiful" to see Black professional athletes dating white women.

Somehow, that team found character on their travels when, at home, they were pitiful at setting the tone.

A No. 1 hit earned naturally from widespread enjoyment is worth much more than a song that made it to the top due to a pitiful campaign.

As such, the local health authorities’ excuse about contact-tracing being affected because persons are not being honest is pitiful.

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Common combinations with pitiful

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pitiful" in a sentence?
An example: "The women first break their men into a pitiful betas, unless they already were pitiful." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "pitiful" from authentic English texts.
What does "pitiful" mean?
Pitiful means: So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
What are synonyms of "pitiful"?
Common synonyms of "pitiful" include: pathetic, pitiable, poor, piteous, misfortunate, miserable, hapless, bad. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "pitiful" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "pitiful", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.