Sentence examples for pitiful government from inspiring English sources

Yeah, there's the pitiful government administration and the fact that many public employees almost never get paid on time and in full.

Like its source, politics, law affects us all, yet knowledge of very basic legal concepts is even lower than the average American's (pitiful) knowledge of government.

Even United Nations representatives have seemed reluctant to criticize the government's pitiful (some would say pitiless) response to the tragedy.

It's pitiful that the federal government feels compelled to intrude into one Florida family's calamity.

About 15% of the 206 current Tory MPs are women and their representation in the coalition government is pitiful.

But government funding is pitiful.

Ansarullah denied that Bashar was its leader, calling the government's claims "pitiful".

The great Cubist pictures were knocked down, under government auspices, at pitiful prices.

Since diesel and petrol are also needed to generate electricity (mainly using backyard generators, since government networks are pitiful), darkness descended on homes.

The big brands, such as Primark and Asos, refused to talk to her, and a government statement was pitiful, so she turned her attention to the so-called fashion influencers on social media, "to confront another part of the problem" – the constant hunger for new things and the normalisation of disposable clothing.

The challenges are obvious, yet our government contributes a pitiful 10% to education when the target for public spending on education 20%.