Without the ruddy meat of the man, the jackets looked pitiful and also, maybe, a little bit humanizing.
The poor performance on Wednesday night was a throwback to the bad old days of two decades ago, when the national team often looked pitiful on the road in the Americas, to say nothing of Europe.
It makes your sedentary, microwave meal-eating, Pokémon Go-playing life look pitiful in comparison; but, on the plus side, you're not the one refusing to change out of your shorts for the entire day.
"Will you keep on doing this till you fall over, or will there come a time when you decide to pack it in and paint pictures or plant an orchard instead?" "The ageing process isn't terribly pretty… and you don't want yourself splattered all over the place if you look pitiful.
Lowe's first big stores looked "pitiful," with narrow aisles and dark floors, says Bridgeford.
"We look pitiful in the media when it comes to good health, exercise and holistic approaches to living as we age," she said.
First (if you're female) you have to look pitiful or sympathetic so people want to do things for you.
Not long ago, Priceline was a goner, relegated to the unprofitable dot-com trash heap and looking rather pitiful for having even tried to compete with an airline industry worth billions.
