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Discover LudwigThe phrase "pretty pathetic" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that you think is far below expectations or standards, particularly if you are speaking in a sarcastic tone. For example: "His attempt at baking a cake was pretty pathetic."
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That's pretty pathetic.
And it's pretty pathetic, isn't it?
"My starts are pretty pathetic still".
"It is pretty pathetic," Mrs. Clinton deadpanned.
I think I was pretty pathetic, actually.
"Until then, my options were pretty pathetic," Ross said.
"It was a pretty pathetic first two periods".
Mr. Levchin added, "We were both pretty pathetic".
But the showing there, thus far, has seemed pretty pathetic.
This was, I think, pretty pathetic of me.
No, thank you. "I'm going to say only two or three years ago they were pretty pathetic," Millen said.
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