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Discover Ludwig"the pitiful" is correct and usable in written English
You could use it to describe a situation that evokes sympathy or sorrow, such as in the sentence: The pitiful cries of the baby filled the room.
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the pitiful
adjective
Feeling pity; merciful.
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Troubles hound the pitiful family.
He even claimed never to have received the pitiful letter.
That's why the pitiful Democrats are favored in most polls.
The pitiful thing was that people envied my career.
They were the abortion, the pitiful remnant of her femininity.
(Trump responded with a cease-and-desist letter against the "pitiful little group").
The pitiful part of the whole performance was that it was voluntary.
No Western lives in danger – save for the pitiful handful of hostages still held in Raqaa.
Her husband was snoring so loudly that I thought he was faking it, the pitiful coward.
But it was the pitiful size of the facility that screamed out more.
The pitiful, haggard faces, are clearly suffering the morning after the night before.
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